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12 hrs ago | WFMZ-TV

Nurses Accused Of Swiping Pain Medication From Hospitals

The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced today the arrests of four nurses who worked for the Lehigh Valley Health Network.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Lehigh County, PA, Coopersburg, PA, Breinigsville, PA, Medicine, Medication, Drugs

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Easton Express-Times

Four Lehigh Valley Health Network nurses accused of stealing drugs

From left: Tracy Goetter, Lisa Citrola, Christopher Evans and Krista Lichtenberger are four LVHN nurses arrested for allegedly stealing drugs from the hospital.

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Related Topix: Coopersburg, PA, Medicine, Medication, Dilaudid, Hydromorphone (generic), Breinigsville, PA, Bethlehem, PA

Prestwichandwhitefieldguide.co.uk

Pharmacist jailed for stealing drugs for sick friend

A PHARMACIST who illegally gave her friend painkillers 100 times stronger than morphine has been jailed for a year.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication

Wed Nov 25, 2009

6 ABC

Four nurses arrested on drug charges

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - November 25, 2009 -- Four nurses, who worked for the Lehigh Valley Health network, are facing a number of drug charges.

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Related Topix: Bethlehem, PA, Coopersburg, PA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Medicine, Medication, Allentown Metro

Raleigh News & Observer

Overdose killed mental patient

An autopsy confirms that a man found unconscious on a Greyhound bus two hours after being discharged from Cherry Hospital died after ingesting a prescription painkiller given to him by the state psychiatric facility.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Chapel Hill, NC, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Goldsboro, NC

Tue Nov 24, 2009

WITN

Overdose Killed Patient Released From Cherry Hospital

An autopsy shows a North Carolina man just discharged from a state psychiatric hospital died from a massive overdose of a painkiller given to him by the facility.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Goldsboro, NC, Goldsboro Metro

Morris Daily Herald

Husband sues over wifea s death

The husband of a woman who died when a Duragesic patch failed, causing her death, has filed suit in Grundy County Circuit Court.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Grundy County, IL, Chronic Pain, Health, Pain

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Drugs.com

Notice of YM BioSciences Annual Meeting of Shareholders

MISSISSAUGA, Canada November 19, 2009 YM BioSciences Inc. , a life sciences product development company that identifies and advances a diverse portfolio of promising cancer-related products at various stages of development, will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders today, Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. EST When: November 19, 2009 at ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Cancer, Medication, Marketing

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Herald-Gazette

Waller: Deaths accidental but tied to drugs

Sheriff Larry Waller has announced that preliminary crime lab results on four unexplained deaths had been called into his office.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication

ABC12.com

Paramedic charged with stealing drugs

Investigators say a paramedic stole potent pain relievers and replaced them with saline solution.

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Related Topix: Genesee County, MI, Medicine, Medication, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Legal drugs blamed for four Lamar County deaths

In just four days, four people in rural Lamar County died ofA legal drugs prescribed for them.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Medicine, Medication, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)

Tue Nov 17, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

Trial begins for accused Air Force nurse

Lawyers for a military nurse charged with three counts of murder said they'll expose deficiencies at Wilford Hall Medical Center while proving their client is innocent.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine

Medical News

Cancer pain drug market to be $3.7 billion in 2018

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, driven by the continued dominance of opioids that include immediate-release morphine and novel fast acting opioid reformulations, the cancer pain drug market will increase from $2.3 billion in 2008 to $3.7 billion in 2018 ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Cancer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medication, Chronic Pain

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Pain patch murder: Suspect charged in death of UA student Jeanie Scott of Magnolia Springs

Jeanie Scott had been drinking when she put on a pain patch and died hours later of an overdose, according to the Tuscaloosa Police Department's account of events that occurred almost a year ago.

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Related Topix: Magnolia Springs, AL, Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama, Medicine, Medication

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Tuscaloosa News

Charges filed in death of student

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:21 p.m. TUSCALOOSA A Tuscaloosa man has been accused of giving a University of Alabama student a narcotic pain patch before she overdosed and died last year.

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Related Topix: Tuscaloosa Metro, Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine, Medication

Thu Nov 12, 2009

New Jersey Online

N.J. cops prod parents to protect teens from prescription-drug abuse

After Special Agent Douglas Collier of the Drug Enforcement Administration spoke at a conference on the abuse of prescription drugs, a sobbing woman came up to him and told of her daughter's near death from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Drug Enforcement Administration, Medicine, Medication, Family, Teenagers

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Clinton Herald, Clinton, Iowa

Woman sentenced for stealing nursing home meds

A woman convicted of fraudulently obtaining pain management medication from three residents of the Alverno Health Care Facility in Clinton will serve probation instead of prison time for the offenses.

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Related Topix: Clinton, IA, Medicine, Medication

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Examiner.com

Fentanyl pain patch can be deadly

Fentanyl Pain Patch comes in various dosage amounts. Use wisely. Nancy The Fentanyl Transdermal Pain Patch or Duragesic Patch is commonly prescribed by doctors to treat moderately to severe pain in patients.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Medication, Food and Drug Administration

Sat Nov 07, 2009

CiteULike

Extradural Opioids for Postoperative Analgesia: a double-blind...

All three drugs produced a rapid decrease in pain scores as assessed using a visual linear analogue, morphine being the least effective.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain

Thu Nov 05, 2009

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Lincoln County official arrested for drug possession

A member of the Lincoln County Commissioners was arrested Wednesday for purchasing a controlled substance.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Lincoln County, MO, Medicine, Medication, Troy, MO

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