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Drug overdoses surge in Portland
Portland :: ME :: USA | 16 days ago
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Maine (AP) Portland city officials say they are alarmed by a sudden surge in the number of heroin overdoses in the city. Five people overdosed in one 24-hour span in the city this week...They tell The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/YiYwB6 )
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Portland police see rise in heroin overdoses
Portland :: ME :: USA | 17 days ago
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Maine (AP) Maine officials say they are seeing a rise in heroin overdoses, and a dramatic increase in the use of the drug in Portland. Authorities have responded to 14 reports of overdoses and there have been three deaths from possible overdoses in
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OxyContin And The Art Of 'Evergreening'
Mumbai :: India | 18 days ago
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A few weeks back, we wrote about the Indian Supreme Court's rejection of Novartis's attempt to use " evergreening " to prolong its patent on Gleevec, sold as Glivec in India. That term refers to the trick of making small changes to a drug, usually
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FDA's Rejection Of Generic OxyContin May Have Side Effects
Webster :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Banning cheaper, generic forms of a dangerous drug sounds like a worthy idea. But the Food and Drug Administration's decision to bar generic OxyContin may also push patients towards less effective drugs without eliminating the risk of addiction,
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FDA Approves Painkiller Obama Administration Warned About in December
To report abuse makes it difficult drug prescription painkiller Oxycontin that a new version does not appear to reduce drug use. Instead, more dangerous drugs, including heroin, opiates, seems to lead people, a new study suggests. A
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FDA bans generic version of OxyContin
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Published April 17, 2013 Reuters U.S. health regulators announced on Tuesday that they will not approve any generic versions of the original form of the pain medication OxyContin, which was widely abused because it could be crushed and then snorted
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FDA bans generic version of OxyContin
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Published April 17, 2013 Reuters U.S. health regulators announced on Tuesday that they will not approve any generic versions of the original form of the pain medication OxyContin, which was widely abused because it could be crushed and then snorted
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FSMB to Award 'Pain Treatment' Doctor Scott M. Fishman in Spite of Senate Investigation
Myrtle :: MS :: USA | 1 month ago
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The Federation of State Medical Boards is a national non-profit organization representing the 70 medical and osteopathic boards of the United States and its territories...Fishman and others promoted misleading information about the risks and benefits
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In their own words... The Lies Purdue Pharma Used to Launch OxyContin
Portland :: TX :: USA | 2 months ago
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That too is interesting, but yet another lie by Purdue Pharma. The U.S. and Canada are drowning in the death, addiction and abuse of OxyContin. But maybe Purdue Pharma should ask the following paid spokespersons and pain foundations why they are
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OUR VIEW: Preventing a vicious cycle of pain
Lexington :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
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The very pharmaceuticals intended to relieve pain in patients with severe maladies can create a vicious cycle of pain for patients' families and the community as a whole. When addiciton takes hold, the problem can manifest itself in broken lives and
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