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4 hrs ago | WGNS Radio

Police Incident Report Filed for Stolen Pain Medication in Murfreesboro - For a Third Time

Aggravated assault, theft, and aggravated robbery are the descriptive words that outline a recent incident at Center Pointe Apartments on Old Lascassas Pike in Murfreesboro, according to a police incident report filed on Monday evening.

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Related Topix: Murfreesboro, TN, Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), Medicine

8 hrs ago | BioSpace

Purdue Pharma L.P. to Present Data Describing Changes in Oxycodone...

Purdue Pharma L.P. to Present Data Describing Changes in Oxycodone Abuse in Rural Kentucky Following the Introduction of Reformulated Oxycontin at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence 2013 Annual Meeting Staying up-to-date has never been simpler.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)

15 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

BUYINS.NET: DRRX, ASBC, EXPO, AMSWA, SALM, TTWO Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks

DURECT Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company, develops pharmaceutical systems technologies based on its proprietary drug delivery technology platforms.

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Related Topix: Startups, DURECT, Medicine, Health, Pain, Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Law, Associated BancCorp, Banking, Financial Services

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Lexington Herald-Leader

Doctor who worked in Georgetown pain clinic pleads guilty in pill case

A doctor who worked in pain clinics in Georgetown and Dry Ridge pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge that he conspired to distribute and dispense oxycodone "outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose."

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Related Topix: Georgetown, KY, Dry Ridge, KY, Medicine, Grant County, KY, Lexington, KY

Sun Jun 16, 2013

PsychCentral

New Research Paves the Way for Oxycontin, Vicodin Alternatives

Researchers have discovered a novel way to handle moderate to severe pain that paves the way for lower dosage painkillers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Health, Pain, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Pharmacology

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Green Bay Press-Gazette

The devastating effects of heroin

The day that her 34-year-old son died of a heroin overdose plays over and over in one Manitowoc mother's mind.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Manitowoc, WI, Medicine, Methadone, Manitowoc County, WI

Fri Jun 14, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

RX for Danger Agents raid Longwood pain clinic

Federal authorities raided a Longwood pain management clinic Friday, where at least one physician has already been investigated by the state for his prescribing practices.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Soma, Carisoprodol (generic)

KABC LA

Physician's assistant caught on video selling prescriptions -exclusive

Christopher Lister was caught in a sting by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, Medicine, Drugs

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Hernando Today

Mother responds to sentence

Libby Blackburn said Dr. Harold Sleight prescribed 600 methadone pills and 90 oxycodone pills to her son in July 2009.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Methadone, Spring Hill, FL

WGNS-AM Murfreesboro

Nurse Practioner Arrested on Drug Related Charges - To Appear in Federal Court

A nurse practioner in Murfreesboro has been arrested on a federal indictment that alleges she obtained a schedule three drug by fraudulent misrepresentation.

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Related Topix: Murfreesboro, TN, Medicine

WALB-TV Albany

Thomasville pharmacy owner arrested on drug charges

Jeffery Fred Cox Jr., 37, is charged with possession of Oxycodone. He is the owner of Murphy Drugs in Thomasville and holds a pharmacist licence.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Thomasville, GA, Medicine

The News Journal

Stopping pill abuse

State police investigator Donna Farra once had to call as many as 40 pharmacies to track down where people suspected of abusing painkillers were buying their pills.

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Related Topix: Delaware, Delaware Government, Drugs, Medicine, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Jack Markell, US Governors

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Insurance Journal West

Walgreen Agrees to Record $80M Settlement Over Distribution of Painkillers

Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated federal rules governing the distribution of prescription painkillers.

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, Medicine

SILive.com

City Sanitation worker from Staten Island accused of faking MRI to get painkillers

A city Sanitation worker from West Brighton is accused of faking an MRI so he could get a prescription for the painkiller oxycodone.

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Related Topix: Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY, Medicine, Drugs, Criminal Defense Law, Law

MyKawartha.com

Watch out for counterfeit Oxy: Peterborough police

Counterfeit OxyContin pills are on Peterborough streets. The arrival of the knockoffs, containing high doses of fentanyl, has City police concerned.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Drugs

Freshnews

QRxPharma Granted US Patent On Hybrid Opioids

QRxPharma Limited announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the Company U.S. Patent #8,461,171 titled "Hybrid Opioid Compounds and Compositions," which expires in 2031.

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Related Topix: USPTO, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Health, Pain, Food and Drug Administration

Business Journal

Pill mill doctor found guilty

A federal jury found a 74-year-old Montgomery County doctor guilty of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, illegally distributing oxycodone, money laundering, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and other charges Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, PA, Medicine, Drugs, Willow Grove, PA

The Jersey Journal

Newark residents face prescription fraud charges in Clinton

Clinton - A report that a woman tried to fill fake prescriptions for 90 Oxycodone and Xanax pills led to the arrest on June 10 of three Newark residents.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic)

Tue Jun 11, 2013

WTLV

Walgreens to pay $80 million for oxycodone violations

Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain, will pay $80 million in fines to end a DEA probe into allegations it allowed millions of controlled substances, including the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone, to reach the black market.

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Related Topix: Walgreens, Retail, Drug Enforcement Administration, Medicine, Drugs, Jupiter, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Walgreens agrees to record-breaking $80M fine to settle Florida oxycodone probe

Walgreens has agreed to pay a record-breaking $80 million penalty to resolve a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrative investigation into the company's dispensing practices in Florida, including at an Oviedo pharmacy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Drug Enforcement Administration