Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies
Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies
Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment
Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies. Hospitals in Florida and elsewhere are grappling with the latest fallout from the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse: babies born addicted to painkillers. The newborns present new challenges for hospitals.
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Prescription Drug Abuse & Pregnancy
Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment
A decrease in prescription drug overdose death by 6.3% in 2011. A number that dropped from a little more than 2,700 to about 2,500 deaths. Doug Leonardo, Florida Substance Abuse Treatment, added, "physicians and nurses in those offices now tell us they …
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State lodges formal complaint against doc over drugs
Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment
The growing number of overprescribing incidents has resulted in the creation of the Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force recently launched by Zoeller, the office said in a news release. The group is made up of state legislators, law enforcement, health …
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