KIM SMITH: Help Curb Fatal Drug Abuse With Alternative Techniques
KIM SMITH: Help curb fatal drug abuse with alternative techniques
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
A July 2010 Army report noted that one-third of all active-duty military suicides involved prescription drugs. Combined with alcohol abuse, the long-standing protocol for treating post-traumatic stress could be lethal. This is not to say that commonly …
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New Non-Drug Treatment for Heartburn
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
An implanted magnetic device could offer a new treatment option for people with chronic heartburn that is not controlled with medication, a small study suggests. … It's estimated that Americans spend $ 14 billion a year on prescription proton pump …
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Nevin-Woods: Pueblo feeling pain of prescription drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
Here are some facts: Today, prescription drugs are the second-most abused category of drugs after marijuana. From 1998 to 2008, the proportion of all substance abuse treatment admissions age 12 or older who reported pain reliever abuse increased more …
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