Showing posts with label prescription drug abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prescription drug abuse. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Sign of the Times

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Epidemic of Oxycontin theft at Walgreens. ROCHESTER, NH — Police are looking for a suspect who robbed the Walgreens Pharmacy on South Ma...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Codeine Blues: End of the Line for an Opiate with Issues

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Canada, UK consider phasing out the drug. Among the many memorable anecdotes that have been uttered at the opening of an AA or NA meeting,...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

Mixing up the Medicine: What Alcohol Doesn’t Go With

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Drug/Drink interactions are no joke.   --Mixing alcohol with certain antibiotics, like Furozone and Flagyl , can lead to headache, nausea...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

U.S. Leads World in Prescription Drug Use

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It’s complicated. Wait, wait, it’s a good thing. Mostly.  Or maybe. While the headline may suggest a story that is either shocking or sel...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

What Would a Genuine Drug War Look Like?

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An essay on biomedicine and the body politic. Millions of addicts in America want effective treatment, and cannot get it. Funds for resear...
Sunday, July 5, 2009

Common Medicines That Can Kill You [Guest Post]

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Legal but lethal. [Today’s post was written by Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of pharmacy technician certification . She wel...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

If You’ve Seen One Drug Czar....

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The language of drug politics. In a May 29 post on his Salon blog, Drug WarRant , Peter Guither deftly deconstructs the language of drug cza...
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