Prescription Drug Abuse on Eastern Standard

Prescription Drug Abuse on Eastern Standard

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

… on efforts to eliminate abuse of prescription medications and limit their availability. We'll discuss law enforcement efforts, the state's Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER) system and options for treatment and rehab …
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For Veterans With PTSD, A New Demon

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"It is possible that in the primary-care setting, opioids may be prescribed to treat a poorly differentiated state of mental and physical pain," the authors wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association, "perhaps because physicians do not …
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Newspaper, TV, radio provide special coverage of opiate addiction and treatment

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Tuesday and Wednesday's Dayton Daily News will feature stories about the opiate addiction reaching into the suburbs, law enforcement's battle with the drug supply, the drug that is saving some drug users' lives and treatment options for those living …
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Doctors in Canada Can No Longer Prescribe Heroin

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Health Minister Rona Ambrose is not OK with controlled doses of heroin, even in rare cases of severe long-term addiction where treatments like methadone and Suboxone have failed. On October 3, Ambrose changed the rules that normally allow doctors to …
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