Prescription Drug Abuse: Three Stories, One Common Purpose

Published July 10, 2013

Prescription Drug Abuse: Three Stories, One Common Purpose – Anyone — regardless of age, race, gender or status — can abuse prescription drugs. And it doesn’t just take its toll on the abuser. Family and friends shar…

FDA OKs New Formula for Addiction Drug

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The FDA has approved a new sublingual tablet formulation of the opioid addiction drug buprenorphine-naloxone (Zubsolv), drugmaker Orexo U.S. announced. The tablet is indicated as a maintenance treatment for opioid dependence in combination with a …
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Kentucky to Study Laws Meant to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse

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Researchers will also review data from the prescription drug monitoring program and statistics from hospitals and substance abuse centers. … Former addict Joshua Huffman, who now is an anti-drug activist, said he is supportive of the study. Huffman …
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Libya's "Growing" Drugs/HIV Problem

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Tripoli — Doctors in Libya say they are seeing a "growing" number of patients with drug problems and a corresponding risk of HIV infection, in a post-Gaddafi era marked by limited law enforcement and government capacity. "Every month more people come …
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