Articles tagged: OxyContin addiction
<< previous page 1 next page>> written by Rod MacTaggart Adolescents exposed to opioid painkillers, especially OxyContin, are more likely to abuse opioids and other drugs and risk addiction in later life, say researchers. A ban on the drug will save countless lives. written by Rod MacTaggart As the grass-roots movement heats up to ban OxyContin, the opioid painkiller implicated in thousands of deaths, people addicted the drug from all levels of society, from cities, towns and villages, continue to search for effective OxyContin detox and rehabilitation. written by Rod MacTaggart An online petition to ban the dangerously addictive narcotic painkiller OxyContin is attracting thousands of signatures -- and dozens of heart-wrenching stories about personal tragedies connected to OxyContin addiction and abuse. written by Rod MacTaggart Thousands of patients arriving for OxyContin detox are victims of the all-too-common medical practice of smothering pain with the addictive narcotic, instead of finding the cause of the pain and curing it. written by Rod MacTaggart OxyContin addiction is the new doorway drug to ruined careers and lost lives, even when it begins as a legitimate prescription for the pain of injury and illness. written by Gloria MacTaggart There are many steps we can take to provide high quality health care at a lower cost. But reining in Big Pharma would be a good start.
written by Rod MacTaggart In Mukilteo, WA, the realm of millionaire software executives, where even the median income is $90,000+ a year, OxyContin addiction plays no favorites. written by Rod MacTaggart Legislative hearings to probe the OxyContin and heroin epidemic in Massachusetts will consider ways to battle opiate abuse in the state, including expanding OxyContin detox and drug rehab services. written by Rod MacTaggart Thousands of Oklahomans, many of them young people, have fallen victim to oxycodone and OxyContin addiction, and thousands more to hydrocodone painkillers like Lortab and Vicodin. written by Rod MacTaggart The move by many addicts from heroin to OxyContin, and the growing number of former heroin addicts needing OxyContin detox, tells you just how dangerously addictive the prescription painkiller really is. written by Rod MacTaggart OxyContin addiction knows no geographic or social boundaries, striking people in all walks of life, in every corner of America. written by Rod MacTaggart OxyContin addiction is epidemic in our society, and opting for methadone ‘therapy’ to replace the narcotic is just jumping from the frying pan into the fire. written by Rod MacTaggart OxyContin addiction is a growing problem across the country, as thousands of people struggle to break the bonds of this powerfully-addictive prescription narcotic painkiller. written by Gloria MacTaggart
OxyContin rehab could prevent you and your family from the complete ruin that often accompanies OxyContin addiction. And now heroin addiction is added to the possible consequences.
written by Rod MacTaggart Drug rehab treatment not included in original settlement but state sues for more
written by Gloria MacTaggart Anyone who doesn’t think pharma and other mega industry have influence just isn’t paying attention
written by Rod MacTaggart I read a truly amazing statistic today: In 2005 – the latest year for which figures are available – U.S. hospitals delivered 108 million emergency department visits. written by Rod MacTaggart As drug rehab centers cope with OxyContin addiction, one more prescription drug hits the scene
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