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Why People Get Addicted to Prescription Painkillers

Posted on December 5, 2011 in Research & News

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 5 percent of 12-year-olds and older in America say they have abused prescription painkillers in the last year. These numbers have increased over recent years. Most of those surveyed said they have used painkillers without a prescription and many used simply to get high. According to an online post, the problem can start by simply asking your doctor for a pain medication and then becoming addicted over time to the relief they provide.

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Majority of Opioid Painkiller Abusers Do Not Receive Medical Treatment

Posted on November 11, 2011 in Prescription Drug Addiction

The United States is in the middle of a prescription drug epidemic that stems mostly from opiate pain killers. But who exactly are the people abusing these drugs? Is there a pattern of abuse?

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Actions to Shut Down “Pill Mills” Result in Increased Heroin Addiction

Posted on November 8, 2011 in Heroin

A tough new law designed to crack down on prescription drug abuse in Florida went into effect in September 2011. Florida’s problem with easily obtained drugs from “pill mills” is so pervasive that it is spilling over into adjoining states, and various senators and governors from these regions have urged Florida Gov. Rick Scott to implement the anti-drug legislation.

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White Suburbanites Are the New Drug Addicts

Posted on October 9, 2011 in Research & News

Many experts say that prescription medications are similar to heroin and that addicts will switch drugs to the first available to seek relief from pain. The abuse of prescription drugs has become the greatest drug epidemic since crack cocaine entered the scene in the 80s and 90s.

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Armed Robberies on the Rise at Pharmacies Nationwide

Posted on July 19, 2011 in Drug Crimes

A scary new trend has pharmacists and their technicians a bit on edge with the recent rise in armed robberies at nationwide pharmacies. Law enforcement professionals in the state of Tennessee said that in 2009 there were 35 robberies in their state and all of the criminals were armed.

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FDA Committee Recommends Naltrexone for Opioid Addiction Treatment

Posted on September 16, 2010 in Prescription Drug Addiction

Currently, the prescription medication naltrexone is commercially available for the treatment of alcohol dependence under the brand name Vivitrol by Alkermes since it gained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006. After considering Alkermes’ supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA), submitted earlier this year, that showed extensive evidence of the alcohol-dependency treatment medication’s positive effects on opioid addiction, the FDA’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee has now recommended the commercial use of naltrexone for the treatment of opioid dependency. The opioid-blocking, extended-release injectable suspension may become the first non-addictive, non-narcotic drug agent available in a monthly prescription come October.

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Jamie Lee Curtis Says Recovery from Addiction Is Her Greatest Accomplishment

Posted on September 8, 2010 in Research & News

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has opened up about her struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, telling Meredith Vieira on NBC’s “Today Show” that recovery from addiction is the greatest accomplishment in her life. After a cosmetic surgery procedure on her eyes at age 35, Curtis became addicted to prescription painkillers. Now 51, the actress has been clean and sober for more than 10 years.

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National Study Shows 1 in 5 Teens Abuses Prescription Drugs

Posted on June 11, 2010 in Adolescent Drug Abuse

Several recent reports released by health officials and local governments throughout the country have revealed an alarming increase in prescription drug abuse among the American population, with particular concern upon the younger generation. Now, a national study conducted by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) based on its National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) can attest to this epidemic. The study—conducted every other year, the last year investigated being 2009—shows that one in five teenagers today abuses prescription medications that are not prescribed to them.

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Corey Haim Died from Pneumonia, not Prescription Drug Abuse

Posted on May 4, 2010 in Research & News

Actor Corey Haim died from pneumonia complicated by an enlarged heart and narrowed blood vessels, while the prescription drugs found in his system played no role in his death, the Los Angeles County coroner said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

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Former Lawman’s Prescription Drug Addiction Leads to Prison Time

Posted on April 27, 2010 in Research & News

A former Vermont lawman who became so addicted to prescription drugs that he used underlings to illegally acquire them was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison, reports the Associated Press.

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