Children's Hospital Staff, Volunteers Combat Rise in Babies Addicted to

Children's hospital staff, volunteers combat rise in babies addicted to

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Before addicted mothers give birth, hospital staff takes them off their prescription drugs — oxycodone, Roxicodone, Percocet — and put them on a dose of methadone. When the babies are born, they are hooked on methadone, rather than the pain medication.
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Prescription Drug Misuse Remains a Top Public Health Concern

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"Prescription drug abuse is a major problem throughout our nation," said Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy. "These data reaffirm how vital it is for the public health and public safety communities to work together to reduce the …
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Mount Pleasant Police Department gets prescription drug collection box

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Unused or expired medications are highly susceptible to misuse and abuse. Fifty-six percent of individuals who abuse prescription drugs obtain them from their family or a friend's home medicine cabinet. More than 200 deaths in northern Michigan have …
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Prescription drugs kill one person every 19 minutes – The Quiet Epidemic: prescription drug abuse destroys millions of lives Nancy Rosen-Cohen The Baltimore Sun There isn’t much attention paid to prescription drug abuse, except perhaps when a Hollywood star dies from an overdose. However, it is estimated that nearly one in five Americans has used prescription drugs for nonmedicinal reasons, and 15 percent may be abusing prescription drugs. This silent epidemic has become the leading cause of addiction. This week, the Maryland Chapter of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the University of Maryland Medical Center sponsored the annual Tuerk Conference, a gathering of 1200 health professionals working in the field of addictions to focus on treatment and prevention of prescription drug abuse. Confronting and debunking the common myth that prescription drugs are less deadly and less addictive was one of the items on the agenda. The dangers of prescription drug abuse are growing at an exponential rate. Between 1992 and 2002, the number of prescriptions written increased by 61 percent, but the number of prescriptions written for opiates increased by almost 400 percent. Opiates reflect three-quarters of all prescription drugs abused. Actor Heath Ledger had Vicodin (hydrocodone), OxyContin (oxycodone), Valium (diazepam), and Xanax (alprazolam) in his bloodstream when he died. All are legal opiates. According to a report this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospitalizations for

 

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