Prescribed medicines: Killers from the chemist They are behind a string of celebrity deaths. But these legal drugs also blight thousands of more ordinary lives, says Phil Boucher Tuesday, 16 March 2010 Getty Corey Haim in 2007: he is thought to have died due to an overdose of prescription drugs // sponsored links: ‘); google_ad_client [...]
By Eleanor Yang Su, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Monday, February 15, 2010 . San Diego State University senior Chris Kershaw first used Adderall two years ago to help cram for a final exam. The economics major doesn’t have attention-deficit disorder, which the drug is most commonly prescribed to treat. But Kershaw, like many college students, occasionally [...]
By Maia Szalavitz / TIME / February 24, 2010 Pain is one of the most common reasons that people end up in the doctor’s office. And yet, until 1983, the field of pain management did not have its own medical society; today, the specialty still isn’t widely taught in medical schools. For centuries, doctors even [...]
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) — Almost all people who illegally use or abuse opioid painkillers such as Oxycontin or Vicodin get the drugs from a friend or relative who had a prescription, a new report shows. In the study, which involved a 2008 survey of more than 5,300 Utah [...]
By Karen Asp msnbc.com contributor updated 5:36 a.m. PT, Wed., Feb. 24, 2010 // Popping a couple of pain pills helped Laurie J. Besden study night after night. They helped her pass the Pennsylvania bar exam. They helped her get more done in a day than many of her colleagues. Then they helped her land [...]
The following article is from the website of The National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment.) By Kathleen Thompson-Gargano, RN Preparation is everything. Your doctor or his/her staff will instruct you on how to prepare for your first visit. We recommend that you educate yourself as much as possible beforehand. Week 1, Day 1. Time [...]
Am I an Addict? What is Addiction? This is a compicated question with no easy answers. Here are some good quidelines Social User: One who uses alcohol and/or drugs simply to enhance the pleasure of normally pleasurable situations. The social user experiences the following: No negative consequences No surprises or unpredictability No loss of control No [...]
Carolyn Schuman, M.D., Medical Director Reliance Center Opioid agonist therapy was first developed in the mid-1960s when psychiatrist Marie Nyswander and endocrinologist Vincent Dole demonstrated that methadone, a long acting opioid, resulted in dramatic decreases in withdrawal symptoms, craving, and illicit opioid use in heroin addicts. During two years of follow-up, 90% of patients retained [...]
New Study identifies hormone linked to drug addiction and alcohol abuse Chicago 1/13/2010 08:42 PM GMT (TransWorldNews) A study recently published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the hormone ghrelin may not only be responsible for excessive overindulgence in food but in alcohol as well. In the study, the mice [...]
This is a pretty good piece. Jerry Premium Health News Service December 30, 2009 Michele Braa-Heidner, 47, started taking prescription painkillers in 1995, when she had her wisdom teeth removed. Soon after, she developed a painful spinal condition for which she needed several surgeries–and more medications. The drugs relieved the pain and “made me feel [...]
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Jerry Bayer has a master’s degree in Public Policy from California State University, Sonoma, including a year as a Research Associate at the University of California, Berkeley. He started working in the addiction treatment field in 1970 in the Bronx, New York, and has worked at treatment centers across the country designing, developing and evaluating a wide variety of treatment services and programs... - Read More
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