Opioid Use After C-Section
Prescription opioid abuse has reached an all-time high and new mothers are joining the ranks of accidental addicts who are prescribed too much opioid medication after a C-section.
ER Trials Study Opioid Reduction for Pain Treatment
Misuse and addiction to opioids, including prescription pain relievers and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, have been front and center in the news for several years. Every day, more than 115 Americans lose their lives to opioid overdoses.
New Street Drug 15 Times More Potent Than Heroin
All opioids carry inherent risks when abused, from illicit heroin to the OxyContin you may be prescribed by your doctor. Prescription drug abuse is at epidemic levels in the U.S., and when users can’t get high using their typical opioid of choice, previous experience shows that they’ll switch to other prescription opioids or even heroin.…
Why Is Shopping Online for Prescription Drugs Dangerous ?
Online shopping has hit brick and mortar retailers hard. From books to clothes to vitamins and even pet supplies, Americans are finding it easier and cheaper to make their purchases online. Ads that market online prescription sales from outside the U.S. offer low prices and quick delivery. But medicines are one item that could prove…
Somebody Put Purple in My Drank
Rapper Lil Wayne was recently hospitalized in the intensive care unit after suffering from seizures apparently related to his abuse of “sizzurp,” otherwise referred to as “purple drank.” The events of the weekend have put the spotlight on the drink, which is particularly popular in hip-hop communities in the South, and has been implicated in…
Why Adolescents are the Most Vulnerable to Substance Abuse and Addiction
An addiction in a friend or family member is difficult no matter what the situation. When that friend or family member is an adolescent, however, the difficulty and sadness may increase many times over. Parents who find themselves in this situation, especially if the kids are college-age or close to it, can be torn between…
America Is In A Lot of Pain!
I recently read two very interesting articles profiling Pharma companies in the growing world of pain medication derived from Opioid’s. The first article, “Painful Medicine”, was in Fortune magazine. The second was done by the Associated Press. What is an Opioid or Opiate? It’s a broad category of drugs that are best known as painkillers.…
Pill Mills in Our Own Back Yard: Harris County Texas provides easy access for prescription pill abuse.
Recent data collected by the Texas Department of Public Safety demonstrates that in Harris County obtaining a prescription for often abused controlled substances is very easy. In fact, some of the highest prescribing doctors in the state reside right here in Houston’s largest county, Harris County. The clinics responsible for the highest numbers of abusable medications are known as “pill mills” because they appear more like mass-production factories than actual medical clinics.
Prescription Drugs Over the Internet
It just seems like a bad idea to be able to get your drugs over the same machine you check your email with. After a recent death New Zealand is looking to crack down on prescriptions sent by mail and ordered over the internet. After the death of Graham David Goodwin, a mental patient, from…
Before You Drink That Water…Read This
File this one under the heading of: Everything can kill you. What is the safest thing you can think of to consume? Water seems pretty high up on that list, right? Well, not really. According to Yahoo news drugs are turning up in some pretty unexpected places…like your drinking water. Yahoo states that at least…