Generic Drugs Health: Does It Make a Difference if It's Generic or Not?
Generic Drugs Health: Does It Make A Difference If It's Generic Or Not?
Filed under: drug addiction news 2010
According to a 2010 report from The Drug Abuse Warning Network, antidepressants contributed to <a href="http://www.samhsa.gov/data/2k10/WebSR018Pharma50+/Pharma50+HTML.pdf" target="_hplink">8.6 percent of emergency room visits</a> by adults …
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Curing Addiction: Twelve Steps or Fixing the Brain?
Curing addiction: Twelve Steps or fixing the brain?
Filed under: drug treatment news stories
The personal stories that have emerged out of addiction literature reveal that the Alcoholics Anonymous model has been thoroughly ingrained into the wider story of addiction. This may affect individuals' experience of the condition. It's… Continue reading
Advair Misused: Article Describes Troubling Details of the Overselling of an …
Advair misused: Article describes troubling details of the overselling of an …
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The financial links between the asthma drug companies, the medical associations that promoted the drugs and the doctors who wrote treatment guidelines that recommended the drugs followed a pattern identified with other… Continue reading
Hope for Effective New Malaria Treatment
Hope for effective new malaria treatment
Filed under: drug treatment news 2011
In addition, 102 cases were reported in Europe by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2011. Although treatments for malaria are currently available, the Plasmodium parasite is rapidly becoming resistant to the most common drugs, and new strategies… Continue reading
High Stake Search for the Next Lipitor
High Stake Search For The Next Lipitor
Filed under: drug treatment news 2011
Pfizer (PFE) has recently released data on its PCSK9 inhibitor, RN 316, showing the drug at its highest dose lowered bad cholesterol in patients on statins by 80 percent after their first treatment. Cholesterol fell so low… Continue reading
Effects of Marijuana
Effects of Marijuana
Filed under: drug addiction news 2010
In a 2010 survey, 17.4 million people in the United States said they had used marijuana in the past month. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug. marijuana smoker. Smoking marijuana produces …… Continue reading
Reform and Reality
Reform And Reality
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The latest cool stuff out of some of the nation's best labs; news on medical research and what it may mean for patients. …. People who are at increased risk of overdose include those taking long-acting opioid medications (like Vicodin and… Continue reading
MARK BONOKOSKI
MARK BONOKOSKI
Filed under: drug addiction newspaper
Until a few months ago, opiate addicts from the surrounding region fighting to take an edge off their dependency had to go out of town to get their methadone soothers, a daily round trip of several hours until trust and drug testing permitted… Continue reading