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Abuse-resistant OxyContin will be only version available: FDA
Three years after it approved a version of the opioid analgesic OxyContin designed to discourage the painkiller's abuse, the Food and Drug Administration has effectively barred the original form of the drug from ever reaching the legal U.S. market. The...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology, OxyContin (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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A shortsighted 'cure' for prescription meds' abuse
An Orange County pain specialist already in the spotlight over deaths from prescription medications has racked up another patient overdose death. The coroner has ruled that Wayne Oviatt died in January of a mix of prescription drugs, including morphine,...
Tags: Physical Therapy, General Practitioners, Physical Therapists, Health Treatments, Hydrocodone (drug)
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Anxiety? Existential crisis? David Lynch film? Take a Tylenol
Are you suffering from an existential crisis? Take two Tylenol and call me in the morning. New research suggests that acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, may be able to alleviate the pain of an existential crisis in the same way it alleviates...
Tags: Acetaminophen (drug), Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Psychology, Sprained Ankle
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PA abortion clinic worker: I saw 10 babies breathe
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former abortion clinic worker capped the five-week murder trial of her former boss with powerful testimony that she saw more than 10 babies breathe before they were killed. "I thought they were breathing," Kareema Cross...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Trials, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI
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Why Winter Really Is a Pain in the Head
HealthNearly every day for the past few weeks, I’ve gotten a headache. It’s not the throbbing, intense kind of headache that would put a gal in bed. No, it’s just a dull ache across the top of my head. It’s the kind of tension headache... -
Letters: Don't forget chronic pain sufferers
Re "Bill aimed at pain drug's abuse," March 21 Left out of this article was any concern the members of Congress seeking to place tighter restrictions on the painkiller hydrocodone might have for people who actually suffer from chronic pain. The only...
Tags: Hydrocodone (drug)
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Pain doctor's office raided in prescription drug abuse probe
Federal authorities Friday raided the office of a doctor suspected of prescribing narcotic painkillers and other widely abused medications to patients who had no legitimate need for them. Undercover agents posed as patients at John Dimowo's offices in...
Tags: Anesthesiology, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Vicodin (drug), Prescription Drugs
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Acupuncture helping vets with traumatic brain injury
Premium Health News Servicehttp://www.whatdoctorsknow.com The movie "The Hurt Locker," which won the Best Picture Oscar in 2008, helped portray what our veterans are being exposed to during wartime. It's easy to see, through the lens of a camera, why we see traumatic brain...Tags: Insomnia, Skull Fracture, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, The Hurt Locker (movie), Explosions
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Once infection is eliminated, likelihood of additional ulcer caused by H. pylori very low
Tribune Media ServicesDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently became extremely ill from what turned out to be a peptic ulcer caused by H. pylori. Until that time, I had no symptoms of acid reflux or pain. What causes peptic ulcers? What are the chances I will have a recurrence? ANSWER:...Tags: Stomach Ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, Acetaminophen (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Don't punish people who really need painkillers
It's not enough that medical insurance companies want to dictate how much and what kind of treatment our illnesses deserve. Now legislators and law enforcement agencies are butting in, trying to curtail the use of high-powered painkillers because too...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Morphine (drug), General Practitioners, Drugs and Medicines
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Edgewood man arrested in Ocean City drug bust
A 37-year-old Edgewood man was arrested on gun and drug distribution charges in Ocean City on Tuesday following a two-year investigation by local law enforcement agencies, which have been battling a spike in heroin and prescription drug abuse across the...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Edgewood, Police Arrests, Law Enforcement, Harford County
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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Once infection is eliminated, likelihood of additional ulcer caused by H. pylori very low
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently became extremely ill from what turned out to be a peptic ulcer caused by H. pylori. Until that time, I had no symptoms of acid reflux or pain. What causes peptic ulcers? What are the chances I will have a recurrence? ANSWER:...Tags: Stomach Ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, Acetaminophen (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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