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Florida’s New Safeguard for their Staggering Prescription Pill Problem
Around 7 million Americans abuse prescription medication regularly, which makes them the most abused substances in the US, excluding marijuana and alcohol.[1] Florida has been the pill pushing capital of the US for over ten years, housing pain clinics that readily feed the American need for inebriation through medication.[2] On Monday, a new computer system aimed at curbing the pill epidemic in Florida was implemented.[3] This electronic databank tracks controlled substance prescriptions and helps medical … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Alcohol and Drugs, Latest News
Are Doctors Over-Prescribing Medications?
Are doctors over-prescribing medications to patients these days? If so then why are patients being prescribed drugs they don’t need? Could it be because doctors are doing this for profit or are they simply being too liberal with medications? According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse prescriptions have increased by six times between 1991 and 2010. Alongside this, the number of overdoses from prescription drugs has tripled since 1999. In 2008 antipsychotic medications became … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Alcohol and Drugs, Conditions and Disorders
Kombucha? Cough Syrup? Is This Okay in Sobriety?
While in rehab, the staff prevented us having any cosmetic products containing alcohol such as mouthwash or perfume. Our belongings were searched upon arrival and all approved prescription medications were held at the nurse’s office to be doled out as prescribed. Alcoholics will find all sorts of creative ways to get high and treatment centers must take precautions to prevent slips from inside the facility. Sometimes, the alcoholic has every intention of staying sober but a … Read entire article »
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More American’s Overdosing on Painkillers than Illegal Drugs
Americans are dropping like flies due to overdoses on prescription drugs. A gruesome number of 120,000 Americans visited the emergency room after overdosing on opioid painkillers. This number is much higher than the overdoses on heroin or other illegal drugs. In the past years, overdoses were due to illegal drugs, like heroin, with a big death toll in major big cities. The bigger problem is now prescription painkillers are overruling heroin and cocaine and are the leading cause of fatal overdoses. Whether it is joint relief, back pain, weight loss or something to take the edge off, Americans are looking at painkillers to help cope with these problems. Another major factor in the overdosing is the feelings people undergo. The feelings of being depressed, stressed, and lonely are main factors to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Alcohol and Drugs
Washington State Enforces New Rules for Prescribing Painkillers
The New York Times is reporting that Washington State is apparently the first in the country to develop regulations to prevent doctors from prescribing dangerously high doses of painkillers. NYT writes, “The effort, in Washington State, represents the most sweeping attempt yet to stem what some experts see as the excessive use of prescribed narcotics, and it is being closely watched by medical professionals elsewhere. Among other things, Washington would apparently become the first state that would require a doctor to refer patients on escalating doses of pain killers for evaluation if they were not improving.” In Washington, prescription drug overdoses have become an epidemic, surpassing motor vehicle crashes among people ages 35-45. Experts in pain treatment and drug abuse prevention say the growing use of long-acting pain killers like OxyCotin, … Read entire article »
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