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Eight indicted in pain management clinic case

wwltv.com     Aug 5, 2008   2 related          

06:18 PM CDT on Monday, August 4, 2008 Susan Edwards / Eyewitness News Eight people with ties to pain management clinics in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette have been indicted on federal drug charges, U.S. Attorney Jim...                    

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Treatment for Pain Divides Physicians

redorbit.com     Aug 3, 2008   3 related          

Posted on: Sunday, 3 August 2008, 03:00 CDT By Jim Warren, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Aug. 3--While federal investigators try to track down Kentuckians who go out of state to secure prescription pain pills to sell or...                    

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It's too easy for patients to obtain addictive drugs, critics say

drugpolicycentral.com     Aug 3, 2008          

" while law enforcement and state legislatures are scrambling to curtail a trend they only see worsening. Only 50 of the 241 deaths last year were caused solely by illegal drugs. Only 50 of the 241 deaths last year were caused...                    

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Encinitas Doctor Arrested For Prescription Fraud

nbcsandiego.com     Aug 1, 2008          

Cardiologist Accused Of Using Phony Names To Get Pills POSTED: 2:09 pm PDT August 1, 2008 UPDATED: 2:26 pm PDT August 1, 2008 ENCINITAS, Calif. -- A four-month investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and state...                    

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Doctors Who Treat Pain

clevelandclinic.org     Aug 1, 2008          

If you suffer from pain, you can find many different types of doctors who treat pain. Anesthesiologists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons most frequently specialize in pain management. Pain treatment specialists also can be...                    

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US FDA slaps not-approvable letter to UCB's diabetic neuropathic pain drug lacosamide

pharmiweb.co.uk     Aug 1, 2008   7 related          

Brussels, Belgium UCB announced that it received a not-approvable letter from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for lacosamide for the treatment of diabetic neuropathic pain in adults. The company will seek clarification...                    

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Pain Pill Abuse Serious

redorbit.com     Jul 29, 2008   23 related          

Posted on: Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 03:01 CDT By Keith Purtell, Muskogee Phoenix, Okla. Jul. 29--Where drug abuse once meant the stereotype of illegal drugs, it now includes abuse of prescription drugs. Janet Petty, prevention...                    

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Prescription medication teens' drug of choice: Young addicts report pills are easy to obtain

tmcnet.com     Jul 28, 2008   1 related          

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 28--Colin stole pain pills from his grandfather and took Xanax from a friend's mom. "Prescription drug use is just astronomically high among the youth population," said Patrick Zarate, who...                    

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Deadly abuse of prescription painkillers skyrockets in Montana

billingsgazette.net     Jul 27, 2008          

The face of addiction in Montana has a new look: Clean. Middle class. Legal. While gruesome images of meth addicts grab the billboards, the number of people abusing prescription painkillers statewide has skyrocketed, with a...                    

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5 Painful Facts You Need to Know

livescience.com     Jul 25, 2008   3 related          

By Robert Roy Britt, LiveScience Managing Editor Pain forces an estimated 36 million U.S. residents to miss work every year and results in roughly 70 million doctor visits. An overview study published last month in the Journal...                    

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