More Pain Doctors Require Patients to Take Urine Tests
More Pain Doctors Require Patients to Take Urine Tests
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Overdose deaths from painkillers surpass those from heroin and cocaine combined, according to federal data. Pain is one of the most common reasons why people visit the doctor's office. But physicians receive little training in how to treat pain, and … Read more on Wall Street Journal
Study: Obamacare may cause low-income workers to seek welfare
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Vague Standards Lead to Too Many Drug Prescriptions
Vague Standards Lead to Too Many Drug Prescriptions
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Revised from DSM-IV's "Not Otherwise Specified" categories, these diagnoses give clinicians the flexibility necessary in some settings to provide patients with the best care. For example, if a patient comes into an emergency department and is acutely … Read more on Wall Street Journal
The Book of Woe, Ungifted, My Beloved Brontosaurus, and Brainwashed
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Gary Greenberg, a self-described “lunchbucket therapist,” uses DSM codes to get paid for helping people grapple with life and self. He has written both an inside history of the tome's scientific aspirations—how III exorcised Freud and IV defined … Read more on Scientist
DEA Announces Largest Ever Synthetic Drug Crackdown
DEA Announces Largest Ever Synthetic Drug Crackdown
Filed under: cocaine addiction psychological physical
In 2012, a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reported 11,406 emergency department visits involving a synthetic cannabinoid product during 2010. … Marketed under names such as “Ivory Wave,” “Purple Wave … Read more on KRWG
Outcast: Egypt's growing addiction problem
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His group of friends in Mahalla all used the popular painkiller, which he claims made it very hard to stop. He describes needing the feeling of "escape, elation and energy" Tramadol afforded him, which shifted his problem from a psychological addiction … Read more on Ahram Online
Lightlake Therapeutics Inc. to Develop Opioid Drug Treatment in Collaboration …
Lightlake Therapeutics Inc. to Develop Opioid Drug Treatment in Collaboration …
Filed under: cocaine overdose emergency treatment
In 2009, there were 4.6 million drug-related visits to hospital Emergency Departments (“ED”), according to research conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality … Read more on EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Deadly addiction: Prescription pills emerging as Door County's worst drug problem
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The drug enforcement officers were invited to the hospital by Emergency Department Medical Director Dr. George Gorchynsky, who sees a growing problem with prescription drug and heroin overdoses at the ER in Sturgeon Bay. “Nursing homes are a … Local … Read more on Door County Advocate
Prescription for Murder
Prescription for Murder
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Due to the “large body of scientific research establishing a connection between violence and suicide and the use of psychotropic drugs,” the New York State Senate introduced a bill in 2000 to “require police to report to the Division of Criminal … Read more on The New American
San Diego Emergency Departments To Crack Down On Painkiller Abuse
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"And you talk about designer drugs such as spice and bath salts, those are the chemists in China. But prescription drug abuse and deaths usually are given by well-intentioned, well-meaning physicians, and we need to kind of change the way we practice … Read more on KPBS
Marin Doctor Pioneering the Use of New Painkiller for Chronic Pain, Says It's …
Marin doctor pioneering the use of new painkiller for chronic pain, says it's …
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The CDC estimates these prescription painkillers were involved in 14,800 overdose deaths in 2008, more than cocaine and heroin combined,. and more than 475,000 emergency department visits in 2009, a number that nearly doubled in just five years. Late … Read more on San Jose Mercury News
New trial date set after plea withdrawn in drug case
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Lewis, 32, had pleaded no contest to delivery of heroin on June 4. In exchange for that plea, additional charges of conspiracy to delivery cocaine and possession of heroin with the intent to deliver would have been dismissed. The withdrawn plea … Read more on The Oshkosh Northwestern