Prescription Drugs Lead to Unexpected Deaths

Published December 8, 2012

Prescription drugs lead to unexpected deaths
Filed under: oxycontin treatment centers

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , one person dies from a drug overdose every 19 minutes. … At the advice of his family, he enrolled in two addiction treatment programs and seemingly had a handle on his addiction. But …
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Heroin use spreads to suburbs
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Beth Kane Davidson, director of the Addiction Treatment Center at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, said the difficulty and cost of obtaining prescription drugs makes them a gateway. "Once you get addicted to Oxycontin or Vicodin and you suddenly can't …
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Curbing Opioid Abuse Doable, Report Suggests
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In the last 2 years, Kaiser has reduced the prescribing on OxyContin by 70% while offering what plan officials believe is good pain management. In that time, they've also reduced the … "I really haven't heard of any idea I think is a bad idea …
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