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Saturday Dec 5 | EMS1

Narcotic Diversion in EMS: Safeguards and Warning Signs

Narcotic diversion in EMS is in the headlines again with allegations being reported in both Michigan and Oklahoma in the past two weeks.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication, Demerol, Meperidine (generic), Las Vegas, NV, Drugs

Thu Dec 03, 2009

IcWales

Cancer drug lollipops give heroin users an extra kick

MEDICATED lollipops given to cancer patients for pain relief are suspected of being used by heroin addicts to get a greater high.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Cardiff County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom, Rhondda Cynon Taff County, Wales, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, Newport City County, Wales, Medicine, Medication

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Texas Tea Pad

Legal Drug Deaths Skyrocket

The number of fatal poisonings involving opioid painkillers more than tripled from 1999 to 2006, from 4,000 to 13,800 in one year, according to a new report from the CDC.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Medication, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Ohio

Examiner.com

'Intervention Linda': Fentanyl lollipops score easy addiction?

Fentanyl lollipops, easy addiction? Last night's Season Eight Premiere of Intervention presented "Linda," the case of a woman with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome who is addicted to opiate-laden "lollipops." She became addicted to the "relief" that the painkiller gave her, and even with her mental health deteriorating and her teeth literally falling out of ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Health, Pain, Cancer

Mon Nov 30, 2009

SouthCoastToday.com

Despair reigns in popular A&E series' return

It's interesting -- if a little obvious -- that a medium as omnipresent and ordinary as television rarely presents everyday life.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rising pain pill use taking deadly toll

Bob Stiles can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6622. By Bob Stiles TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, November 29, 2009 Americans seem to have a fixation with pain medicine.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Methadone, Medication, Westmoreland County, PA, Pittsburgh Metro

Sat Nov 28, 2009

RealTelevision.Net

Hoarders: Monday, Nov. 30th at 10p/9c.

A&E NETWORKa S MONDAY NIGHT ORIGINAL NON-FICTION SERIES RETURN BACK-TO- BACK FOR ALL NEW SEASONS ON NOVEMBER 30TH EMMY-WINNING a oeINTERVENTIONa DEBUTS EIGHTH SEASON AT 9PM ET/PT NEW HIT SERIES a oeHOARDERSa RETURNS FOR A SECOND SEASON AT 10PM ET/PT http://twitter.com/hoarderstv A&Ea s 2009 Emmy Award-winner for Outstanding Reality Program a ...

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication

Fri Nov 27, 2009

WFMZ-TV

Nurses Accused Of Swiping Pain Medication From Hospitals

The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced today the arrests of four nurses who worked for the Lehigh Valley Health Network.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Lehigh County, PA, Coopersburg, PA, Breinigsville, PA, Medicine, Medication, Drugs

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Easton Express-Times

Four Lehigh Valley Health Network nurses accused of stealing drugs

From left: Tracy Goetter, Lisa Citrola, Christopher Evans and Krista Lichtenberger are four LVHN nurses arrested for allegedly stealing drugs from the hospital.

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Related Topix: Coopersburg, PA, Medicine, Medication, Dilaudid, Hydromorphone (generic), Breinigsville, PA, Bethlehem, PA

Prestwichandwhitefieldguide.co.uk

Pharmacist jailed for stealing drugs for sick friend

A PHARMACIST who illegally gave her friend painkillers 100 times stronger than morphine has been jailed for a year.

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Related Topix: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, Medication

Wed Nov 25, 2009

6 ABC

Four nurses arrested on drug charges

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - November 25, 2009 -- Four nurses, who worked for the Lehigh Valley Health network, are facing a number of drug charges.

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Related Topix: Bethlehem, PA, Coopersburg, PA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Medicine, Medication, Allentown Metro

Raleigh News & Observer

Overdose killed mental patient

An autopsy confirms that a man found unconscious on a Greyhound bus two hours after being discharged from Cherry Hospital died after ingesting a prescription painkiller given to him by the state psychiatric facility.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Chapel Hill, NC, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Goldsboro, NC

Tue Nov 24, 2009

WITN

Overdose Killed Patient Released From Cherry Hospital

An autopsy shows a North Carolina man just discharged from a state psychiatric hospital died from a massive overdose of a painkiller given to him by the facility.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Goldsboro, NC, Goldsboro Metro

Morris Daily Herald

Husband sues over wifea s death

The husband of a woman who died when a Duragesic patch failed, causing her death, has filed suit in Grundy County Circuit Court.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Grundy County, IL, Chronic Pain, Health, Pain

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Drugs.com

Notice of YM BioSciences Annual Meeting of Shareholders

MISSISSAUGA, Canada November 19, 2009 YM BioSciences Inc. , a life sciences product development company that identifies and advances a diverse portfolio of promising cancer-related products at various stages of development, will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders today, Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. EST When: November 19, 2009 at ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Cancer, Medication, Marketing

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Herald-Gazette

Waller: Deaths accidental but tied to drugs

Sheriff Larry Waller has announced that preliminary crime lab results on four unexplained deaths had been called into his office.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication

ABC12.com

Paramedic charged with stealing drugs

Investigators say a paramedic stole potent pain relievers and replaced them with saline solution.

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Related Topix: Genesee County, MI, Medicine, Medication, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Legal drugs blamed for four Lamar County deaths

In just four days, four people in rural Lamar County died ofA legal drugs prescribed for them.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Medicine, Medication, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)

Tue Nov 17, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

Trial begins for accused Air Force nurse

Lawyers for a military nurse charged with three counts of murder said they'll expose deficiencies at Wilford Hall Medical Center while proving their client is innocent.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine

Medical News

Cancer pain drug market to be $3.7 billion in 2018

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, driven by the continued dominance of opioids that include immediate-release morphine and novel fast acting opioid reformulations, the cancer pain drug market will increase from $2.3 billion in 2008 to $3.7 billion in 2018 ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Cancer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medication, Chronic Pain

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