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Yesterday | Rock Hill Herald

Rock Hill man gets 15-year sentence

The Rock Hill man who robbed a CVS pharmacy, fired shots at a police officer and stole an 82-year-old woman's car before leading police on a manhunt has been sentenced to 15 years in prison without parole, officials say.

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Related Topix: Rock Hill, SC, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Medicine, Medication

Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Post-Standard

Medication shortage a stubborn problem

To the Editor: It seems every day I get another phone call about a patient unable to get medication.

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine, Medication, Opinion

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Philly.com

Check Up: "Denursifying" of schools puts children at added risk of medication errors

Lorraine Durkin, a nurse at Franklin Learning Center who was assigned to two more schools.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Medicine, Nursing, ADHD, Health, Ritalin, Methylphenidate (generic), Medication, Dayton, OH

Mon Feb 06, 2012

KTRE-TV Lufkin

Methadone clinic offers alternative to pain pill addiction

"Everyone in the United States, everywhere in the world, it is very prevalent, opiate usage," said Methadone Clinic of East Texas Director Edward Jacobs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain, Nursing

Sun Feb 05, 2012

Kitsap Sun

Our View | Zoning settled, treatment clinic still a need

Ron Jackson, director of Evergreen Treatment Services, won't bringing a opioid treatment clinic to Bremerton.

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Related Topix: Bremerton, WA, Medicine, Medication, Kitsap County, WA, Drugs

Sat Feb 04, 2012

The Macon Telegraph

Prescription for disaster: Methadone, misery and one man’s mission

Before Drew’s burial, a print was saved to be etched in white gold on his father’s band and in a necklace for his mother.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Garden City, GA, Savannah, GA

The Macon Telegraph

Methadone history

The formula made it to the United States after World War II and was used to treat migraines, advanced cancer, painful nerve disorders and to ease child birth.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain

Fri Feb 03, 2012

The West Virginia Record

Civil Filings: Cabell County

Jan. 25 Kelly Jackson, administratrix of the Estate of Joseph W. Jackson, deceased vs.

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Related Topix: Cabell County, WV, Medicine, Medication

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Medical News

Takeda, SPI announce that lubiprostone phase 3 trial on OBD meets primary endpoint

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. announced today that lubiprostone met the primary endpoint in a phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of opioid -induced bowel dysfunction in patients with chronic, non- cancer pain, excluding those taking methadone.

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

Wed Feb 01, 2012

Charleston Gazette

Keith Humphreys: Scrips will stop meth labs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When I was growing up in West Virginia in the 1960s and '70s, many people I knew were damaging their health with alcohol or tobacco.

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Related Topix: West Virginia, Charleston, WV, Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Opinion

Sun Jan 29, 2012

Great Falls Tribune

Butte judge faces 12 felony drug charges

A Butte justice of the peace who authorities say doctor-shopped to get multiple prescriptions for the painkiller methadone has been charged with 12 felony counts of fraudulently obtaining dangerous drugs.

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Related Topix: Butte, MT, Medicine, Medication

Peninsula Daily News

Pill disaster: Peninsula counties among tops in state per capita opiate deaths

Imminent parole stirs fears of Port Townsend woman who survived vicious attack 12 years ago -- 1/28/12 -05:58 PM A state Department of Health study found Clallam County to have the highest per capita rate of opiate-related deaths from 2008 to 2010, while neighboring Jefferson County ranked No.

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Related Topix: Clallam County, WA, Port Townsend, WA, Jefferson County, WA, Drugs, Medicine, Medication

Fri Jan 27, 2012

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

'Preferred' pain drug now called last resort

When it comes to battling pain, Washington health officials have encouraged doctors to reach for methadone, a powerful and inexpensive prescription drug.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain, University of Washington, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid

Sun Jan 22, 2012

The Spokesman-Review

1990s saw hard push for legal opiates - Sun, 22 Jan 2012 PST

While it's the least expensive of all the opiates, it's also much stronger than morphine and more addictive.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication, Drugs, Healthcare Law, Law, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)

Fri Jan 20, 2012

Kypost.Com

AG's agree tighter regs needed on pills

Dr. Karen Shay recognized the changes in her teenage daughter Sarah - the withdrawal from long-time friends, weight loss and a defiant attitude toward family - all hallmarks of a prescription drug addiction.

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Related Topix: Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Medicine, Medication, Kentucky, Kentucky Government, Pain

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

NJ: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Announced

News Release [ print-friendly version ] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: January 18, 2012 Contact: DEA Special Agent Douglas S. Collier, M.A. Public Information Officer Tel: 776-1143 DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Brian Crowell, at podium, delivers an opening statement at the press conference.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Health Insurance, Health, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)

Fri Jan 13, 2012

This Is Grimsby

Grimsby Telegraph commented Mothers fight for change following the deaths of their children

Two grieving mothers are leading calls for the establishment of an independent body to oversee coroners in England.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Lincolnshire County, England, Medicine, Medication, Drugs

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