Duragesic, Fentanyl News

Drug-overdose deaths were up in Kent County last year and narcotic analgesics such as morphine and fentanyl were the primary choice of users, according to the county medical examiner.

Family's heartbreak as 'happy and bubbly' girl, 12, dies from 'overdose' after she put grandma's used painkiller patch on her leg Destiny Spitler, 12, was found lifeless in her bed in Clinton on Saturday morning and investigators called to the scene discovered a Fentanyl patch on her thigh The girl's grandmother, Diane Spitler, uses the medication, ... (more)

Galena Biopharma, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative, targeted oncology treatments that address major unmet medical needs to advance cancer care, presented information on the development of a Transmucosal Immediate Release Fentanyl REMS program at the American Pain Society 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting.

AN OSWESTRY woman died following an accidental overdose of painkillers. Philippa Ann Berry, of Holbache Road, died on December 14 and was found by her partner of 12 years, Andrew Page, in her bed at their home.

A Twin Falls woman has pleaded guilty to giving a narcotic pain patch to a man who nearly died of an overdose.

The presentation is scheduled for Dr. Sirgo will focus on the development status, timeline and market opportunity for BUNAVAIL for the management of opioid dependence and will discuss progress made by BDSI and its commercial partner, Endo Health Solutions, with the ongoing Phase 3 clinical program for BEMA Buprenorphine for the treatment of chronic ... (more)

The latest NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows there was a 110 per cent increase in the number of people in the Orange local government area caught using these types of drugs, and drugs such as synthetic cannabis and unknown drugs in the last two years.

The search is on for a thief in Owasso after 45 vials of drugs were stolen from six ambulances.

Jacqueline E. Stein, 34, of 8924 38th Ave., Kenosha, is accused of taking patches of the painkiller Fentanyl from a patient at Fairhaven Retirement Community, according to a criminal complaint filed in February.

A Batesville nurse is facing charges she took controlled painkillers away from patients at a nursing home where she worked.

UC Researching Why Patients Develop Pneumonia Following Surgery May 1, 2013 A University of Canterbury researcher is seeking to better understand the relationship between the drugs given during surgery and post-surgical chest infection.

A Washington, D.C.-based doctor who allegedly prescribed thousands of painkillers to patients in Southwest Virginia was indicted on multiple felony counts recently by a federal grand jury in Abingdon.

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An influx of Fentanyl, a powerful narcotic being sold for heroin, has found its way into the hands of drug dealers in the city, prompting Prince George RCMP to issue a warning.

JACKSON COUNTY Sheriff's deputies Wednesday arrested a woman accused of mailing prescription pain patches to her husband at the Jackson County jail, according to Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd.

The average age of a child in Lenoir County attempting to get high on a prescription drug is 9 years old, Shannon Ruiz said.

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