PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE, HEALTH SERVICES UTILIZATION, AND HEALTH PROBLEMS IN...

Journal of Drug Issues;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......popularly abused prescription drug OxyContin by comparing...including OxyContin (Davis et...In 1996, OxyContin was introduced to the prescription drug market as...derivatives (e.g., OxyContin) are unclear...Overall, prescription drug abuse continues...

PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE:BARBARA VAN ROOYAN

Congressional Testimony;  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the problem of prescription drug abuse. My name...ingesting just one OxyContin. He had no other...be shared; the OxyContin had destroyed...nothing about OxyContin, prescription drug abuse or grief...most classes prescription drug abuse is not...people obtain ...

ATTORNEY GENERAL CORBETT ANNOUNCES BREAK-UP OF $2.6 MILLION PRESCRIPTION...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ......6 million prescription drug distribution...and use of Oxycontin in Philadelphia...while buying Oxycontin. "Prescription drug abuse does...Corbett said prescription drug abuse affects...pain-killers like OxyContin is rapidly...

Prescription drug abuse on the rise in Ohio

University Wire;  May 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the time. With prescription drug abuse on the rise...especially hard is OxyContin, also known as...dose. In 2000, OxyContin abuse caused 33...Logan Daily News. Prescription drug abuse is nothing...the increase in prescription drug users. From 1990...the NIDA. While ...

PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEATH TOLL RISING, AGAIN

Roanoke Times & World News;  February 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The death toll from prescription drug abuse in Western Virginia...with other drugs, such as OxyContin or Lortab. That's because...of negative publicity about OxyContin and the high-profile prosecutions...of teeth and concern about OxyContin, many doctors have switched from OxyContin to ...

PROGRAM ADDRESSES DANGERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE.(DAYBREAK)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  October 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......when she overdosed on OxyContin in March 2004. Zdeblick...treatment options for prescription drug abuse will be discussed...home to purchase the OxyContin that would kill her...about 75 percent of prescription drug abusers take other...

U. Mississippi-area authorities fight prescription drug use

University Wire;  April 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......when I got ahold of prescription drugs, I found my drug...day. I began to use OxyContin. It stopped making me...in a cell somewhere." PRESCRIPTION DRUG POPULARITY Most prescription...the availability of prescription drugs. Altieri said...smuggler. He said that prescription ...

PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE:STEPHEN E. JOHNSON

Congressional Testimony;  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......analgesics specially formulated to reduce prescription drug abuse and misuse. We commend the...begin by reviewing the problem of prescription drug abuse, then turn to a brief and...Subcommittee knows all too well, prescription drug abuse continues to have a widespread...Among ...

New Statewide Hotline to Help Prescription Drug Addicts

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 11, 2008 ;     413 words ......release: To stem the prescription drug abuse epidemic...West Virginia Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline...aims to educate prescription drug abusers and their...multimillion dollar OxyContin settlement with Purdue Pharma. "Prescription drug abuse in ...

Prescription drug abuse rising.

American News (Aberdeen, SD);  December 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ......or hear much about prescription drug abuse. I think it was...of what's going on, prescription drug abuse - especially with drugs like Vicodin and OxyContin, both commonly used...using Vicodin without a prescription in the past year and...population - had used prescription ...

Prescription Drug Proved More Deadly in Florida Last Year than Illegal...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  June 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Nancy McVicar Jun. 7--Prescription drug overdoses killed more...for better monitoring of prescription narcotics, a proposed...Sun-Sentinel investigation of prescription drug deaths published last...methadone and away from OxyContin, a powerful narcotic painkiller...suspect an ...

ATTORNEY GENERAL BROWN CRACKS DOWN ON MASSIVE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 30, 2008 ;     586 words ......crackdown on rampant prescription drug fraud in California...Valium, Vicodin, and Oxycontin. "These prescription drug addicts are abusing the...for the most aggressive prescription drug addicts. We want to end...pharmacies to feed a prescription drug habit that ...

Prescription drug abuse on the rise in America.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  October 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ......he intended to get help. Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing...Administration. The problem of prescription-drug misuse is so acute that...as Vicodin, Percocet or OxyContin; 53 million for tranquilizers...EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) OxyContin, which some experts ...

Officials to look into spike of prescription-drug deaths.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  December 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......deaths caused by prescription-drug abuse, Florida...ingredient in OxyContin, are topping...national epidemic of OxyContin abuse. The first...Connecticut-based maker of OxyContin, a powerful...dying because of prescription drug abuse. The damage...The focus on ...

PRESCRIPTION-DRUG ABUSE:DR. KENNETH VARLEY

Congressional Testimony;  September 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ......to testify regarding prescription drug monitoring programs...comparison to the effect of prescription drug abuse and diversion...production. The problem of prescription drug diversion has eclipsed...non- medicinal use of Oxycontin (a time release pain...24%. The diversion of ...