Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone News

State of Alaska image Prescription drug abuse is rampant but is not treated as seriously as other illicit drug usage.

Our daughter, Molly, was born with cerebral palsy and has always been in a wheelchair.

Steven Karapandza says his use of prescription marijuana to help ease the pain of daily migraine headaches is none of his boss' business.

Clovis- Flindt Andersen, McLane high school graduate, and founder of PAIN - Prescription Abusers in Need- talked to Clovis West high school students about his journey of drug abuse as a teenager, to recovery.

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Lincoln County, said County Attorney Eric Phillips.

By Lincoln County Attorney Eric F. Phillips A Of late, the use and abuse of prescription drugs has been on the rise in Lincoln County.A The most commonly abused drugs include Percocet, Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Oxycodone, and Oxycontin.A The fact that these drugs are typically prescribed by a doctor does not make them safe.A According to a recent ...

Students at Clovis West are making a pledge ... to do the right thing. It's part of the "Eagles of Honor" week ... where students promise to be responsible and drug free.

Volusia deputies busted a methamphetamine lab they described as one of the largest ever found in the county.

I take the following ever day - carisoprodol and vicodin and feldene and cytomel and levothroid and prilosec I'm worried that it will effect me and I am always in chronic pain that is why I take all of those.

Madeline Martinez is in constant pain from a disease that is destroying her joints and the discs in her back.

Madeline Martinez is in constant pain from a disease that is destroying her joints and the discs in her back.

The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Tip Sheet about persistent pain -- pain or discomfort that lasts for a long time, or comes and goes over the course of months or years -- is now available in Spanish translation.

Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.com "Lets get Leveque" was the chant of the Oregon Medical Board during the early years of medical marijuana.

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There's no denying that any sane person would refuse to be diagnosed by a brilliantly cynical doctor with no morals and a crippling Vicodin addiction.

Statistics released in the United States reveal that in 16 states - " or almost one-third - drug overdoses will kill more people than car accidents.

Does the DEA control what we watch on TV? Active tvsquad.com commenter bruce is stirring up controversy with recent accusations about the TV show 'House'. We have not been given, nor will we be given, an adequate explanation for why House's chronic pain is suddenly manageable without painkillers.

Frederick Wellness Challenge winners, from left, are: Rob Collings, fifth; Robert Truelove, second; Robert Welty, first; Susan Singley, third, and Jennifer Barrick, fourth.

An Osceola County man is behind bars charged with drug trafficking after police say he provided a high school student Vicodin pills after a football game at Gateway High School.

A former Bossier City doctor, his wife and one of his ex-employees will be sentenced Jan.