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11 hrs ago | News Press

Florida's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database produces immediate effect

Orlando-area-based CVS pharmacies accused of dispensing too much prescription medication have been suspended from selling such substances, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced Monday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Florida, Drug Enforcement Administration, Medicine, Medication, Lee County, FL

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Times Observer

Bust cases waived during Friday ...

Michael Moll, 46, 206 Station Lane, North Warren, charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver bath salts, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and criminal use of a communications facility.

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Related Topix: Youngsville, PA, Medicine, Medication, South Yorkshire County, England, Derbyshire County, England, World News, Sheffield, PA, United Kingdom, Sugar Grove, PA, Russell, PA

Daily Kos

Clusterf***: DEA's Pain Med Jihad meets Managed Care, tortures veterans with PTSD & Chronic Pain

The DEA and other government agencies, all so concerned about the quality of our lives, have set about to 'reduce the abuse of pain medications". And when that 'aggressive intervention' interacts with the problems with our top-notch managed health care system we have an epic, and entirely needless, clusterfuck literally torturing people in their ... (more)

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Medicine, Medication, US News, Liberal Political News

The Daily Courier

Matforce program urges doctors to sign up

The proven effectiveness of opioid-based pain relievers such as oxycodone and oxycontin has made them a favored choice for pain management practitioners.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Yavapai County, AZ, Drugs, Soma, Carisoprodol (generic), Cottonwood, AZ

Fri Feb 10, 2012

WTVF Nashville

Newborns Addicted To Pain Pills

Prescription drug abuse is the nation's fastest-growing drug problem, with more than seven million people abusing them and death rates tripling from their abuse in the last decade.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Health, Pain, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), The 80'S, Pop/Rock, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medication

Cincinnati.com

Authorites seize pills valued at $1,000,000

If you want to eat like royalty, step into Orchids at Palm Court in the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza downtown.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Ashcamp, KY, Pike County, KY, Medicine, Medication

WLKY-TV Louisville

KSP, UNITE Seizes Pills, Value At $1,000,000

Kentucky State Police say they've found more than a million dollars' worth of pain pills in coordinated Pike County raids.

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Related Topix: Pike County, KY, Ashcamp, KY, Medicine, Medication

EurekAlert!

Rothman at Jefferson researchers show benefits of local anesthesia after knee replacement surgery

Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that local anesthesia delivered through a catheter in the joint, intraarticularly, may be more beneficial than traditional opioids such as morphine and Oxycontin for pain management following total knee replacement surgery.

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

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Patch.com

Oxycodone Sting Yields Two Arrests

Two city residents have been charged in connection with an Oxycodone drug sting at a Cubeta Road housing project.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Drugs

WTOC-TV Savannah

2 arrested in bust of hotel room meth lab

Late Tuesday afternoon, CNT got a tip about a meth lab in a hotel located near Interstate 95 and Highway 204.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Savannah, GA, Pooler, GA

Fox News

New drug could help curb crime

With far less fanfare than they deserve, Alkermes Pharmaceuticals is setting out to revolutionize the penal system and help stop prison overcrowding by finally getting at one of the indisputable medical causes of crime : alcohol and drug dependence.

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Related Topix: Prison, Drugs, Medicine, Medication

The Miami Herald

Victim's kin in NY pharmacy killing announce suit

Authorities are now targeting drugstores that allegedly feed Florida's painkiller problem, including one based in the Miami-Dade government center that is accused of being an oxycontin enterprise.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Medicine, Medication, Suffolk County, NY, Medford, NY

Watersblogged

Greenway Doctors Encouraged by Rise in Cannabis Research and Studies...

The legalization of medicinal cannabis in a growing number of states and countries has opened up new areas of study and research, which is very exciting to the industry in general, and thrilling to Greenway doctors, who pride themselves in keeping up with the latest developments and passing essential information on to their patients.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Medication, Drugs, San Francisco, CA, Medicine

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Corpus Christi pain doctor faces allegations of improper pain pill...

The Texas Medical Board in January filed a complaint against Dr. Ryan Potter of Comprehensive Pain Management , alleging that he prescribed pills without documenting patients' needs, failed to recognize signs of possible abuse and continued to prescribe medication despite such signs of abuse.

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Related Topix: Corpus Christi, TX, Medicine, Medication

Woodstock Sentinel Review

Drugs and desperation lead to pharmacy robbery

At the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, his jail cell in solitary confinement was located right across the hallway from Wayne Kellestine's. Casey, not his real name, thinks authorities might have put him close to the Bandido's member faced with eight counts of first-degree murder, and who constantly ranted about violent acts, for a reason.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic)

Sys-Con Media

U.S. Pain Management Products & Services: A Market Analysis

More than 9,000 programs and sole practitioners treat an estimated 17 million Americans suffering from: chronic pain .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Anesthesiology, Health, Chiropractic, Pain, Back Pain, Arthritis, Medication

Boston.com

To stop addicts, doctors should register their prescriptions

THE DOWNWARD spiral of too many Massachusetts overdose victims started with a prescription painkiller.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Medication, Health, Pain, Nevada, OH, Opinion

Tue Feb 07, 2012

St. Petersburg Times

Some oxycodone sales are down in Florida, but the street trade still is brisk

New laws, tougher enforcement and the prescription drug monitoring database have cut sales of oxycodone from doctors' offices and pharmacies dramatically.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Florida, Florida Government, Drugs, Drug Enforcement Administration, Rick Scott, US Governors

KIDK CBS 3

Only on 3: Woman Tells Her Story Of Prescription Drug Addiction

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise. Narcotic pain relievers like Vicodin, Hydrocodone, Oxycontin are popular and very available to teens.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Family, Kids, Teenagers

The Miami Herald

DEA agents in Puerto Rico claim discrimination

The U.S. attorney in Miami unveiled a drug-smuggling indictment as he spotlighted an initiative to crack down on narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Drug Enforcement Administration, Medicine, Health, Pain, Medication, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)

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