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3 hrs ago | The Topeka Capital-Journal

Nurse causes major hepatitis scare in Colorado

Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery.

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Related Topix: Colorado, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Drugs

Fri Jul 10, 2009

KIFI Idaho Falls

Woman's Death Leads to Illegal Drug Arrests

A woman's death triggered an investigation into an illegal prescription case and the arrest of two men.

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

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Hepatitis C Timeline Means More Patients Need Testing

The surgical technician accused of exposing thousands to Hepatitis C will remain in jail.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Medication

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Denver Post

No bond for Hep C suspect

Bill Parker, father of Kristen Parker, center, and other family members leave federal court Thursday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Denver Metro, Drugs, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Prison

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Dose

Pain-relief patch can be deadly: health officials

Health Canada is advising medical workers to be cautious when prescribing a pain-relief patch that accidentally sent a child to hospital last year.

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

Denver Post

Similar case in Boulder led to new policies

The lessons Rose Medical Center must now learn about drug theft already have been learned by Boulder Community Hospital.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Boulder, CO, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Medication

Mon Jul 06, 2009

The Gazette

Medical professionals not immune to addiction

Kristen Diane Parker was apparently willing to do almost anything to get her hands on fentanyl, a potent painkiller used in surgery.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Nursing, Drugs, Anesthesiology, Hepatitis, Health, Colorado Springs, CO

PilotOnline.com

Virginia Beach doctor agrees to license suspension

A Virginia Beach psychiatrist has agreed to an indefinite suspension of his medical license by the Virginia Board of Medicine, which accused him of inappropriately prescribing powerful narcotics to patients with chronic pain.

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Related Topix: Virginia Beach, VA, Drugs, Medicine, Medication

Sun Jul 05, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Potential Hepatitis C Patients Scared

Patients potentially exposed to Hepatitis C at the Audubon Surgery Center are speaking out to NEWSCHANNEL 13 .

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Related Topix: Hepatitis, Medicine, Health, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Pain

Sat Jul 04, 2009

CNN

Police: Hospital employee swiped shots, spread hepatitis C

A former hospital employee may have exposed hundreds, or even thousands, of surgical patients to hepatitis C after taking their fentanyl injections and replacing them with used syringes filled with saline solution, authorities say.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Drugs

Fri Jul 03, 2009

WIVB-TV Buffalo

Four WNY deaths blamed on Fentanyl

Four western New York deaths in the last two months are being blamed on the drug Fentanyl.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Drugs, Niagara Falls, NY, Buffalo Metro, Cheektowaga, NY, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian

ContactMusic.com

Michael Jackson - Police 'Find Methadone' in Jackson's Home

Police reportedly found 20 types of drugs in Michael Jackson's Los Angeles mansion, including the heroin substitute methadone.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Medicine, Medication

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Drug Addicted Nurse May Have Infected 1000's

Some 1,000 Colorado Springs surgery patients may be at risk of contracting Hepatitis-C, due to the alleged actions of a former surgery nurse.

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Related Topix: Colorado Springs Metro, Colorado Springs, CO, Medicine, Medication

Asheville Citizen-Times

Buncombe man sentenced to prison in fentanyl overdose

A Buncombe County man will spend at least 29 months in prison for a supplying a powerful prescription drug that killed a man.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Drugs, Henderson County, NC, Criminal Defense Law, Law, State Prisons, Prison

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Rochesterhomepage.net

LeRoy Woman Arraigned in March Death

A LeRoy woman is charged in the death of an unidentified 53-year-old woman who died last March.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

The West Virginia Record

Pain patch led to man's death, estate claims

The administrator of a deceased man's estate has filed suit against a major drug manufacturer, alleging he died after he was exposed to a lethal amount of fentanyl through a prescribed pain patch.

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

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Paste Magazine

Autopsy Reveals Cause of Jay Bennett's Death

Coroner Duane Northrup announced yesterday that the cause of Jay Bennett's death was an overdose of the pain killer fentanyl, according to the Chicago Sun Times .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Champaign County, IL, Chronic Pain, Health, Pain, Social Software

Mon Jun 29, 2009

ASHP

Risk-Management Plan for Opioid Drugs Proves Slow Going

FDA officials recently acknowledged the enormity of a task that the agency set for itself in Februarya 'creating a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy, or REMS, to ensure the safe use of long-acting and extended-release opioid drugs.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Dilaudid, Hydromorphone (generic), OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication

BBC

Stolen drugs could kill if taken

A powerful painkiller stolen from a Cambridgeshire home could kill anyone who overdoses, police have warned.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Boston Globe

'View' cohost Hasselbeck sued

A Massachusetts author has sued Elisabeth Hasselbeck , accusing the cohost of ABC's "The View'' of plagiarism.

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Related Topix: The View, Entertainment, Television, Pop/Rock, Wilco, Medicine, Medication, Champaign Metro, Urbana, IL

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