Let's Give Children a Healthy Start in Life
Let's give children a healthy start in life
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
Prescription drug abuse is a serious problem in our county for both adults and students. Services targeting treating children have been limited. Navigating the system has been a challenge for parents. Local efforts like the recently formed Hope Rx …
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Report: VA doling out opioids at high rate
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
An investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting found physicians in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs increasingly were prescribing potent painkillers instead of more complex treatment for military personnel after the Sept. 11, 2001 …
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Suboxone, an addiction treatment drug, seeps into Ohio prisons as contraband
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
Reports by the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network indicate Suboxone is easily available across the state. In Greater Cleveland, for instance, users "reported Suboxone to be available by prescription, through treatment centers, the Internet, drug …
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Smuggled Molecules Treat Brain Disease Abdul-Kareem Ahmed
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
Scientists use immune cells to smuggle molecules across the blood-brain barrier in the hopes of treating neurodegenerative diseases. By Abdul-Kareem … A traditional yet short-lasting treatment for Parkinson's is to prescribe a precursor of dopamine …
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