Posts Tagged Prescription
Powerful Prescription Drugs Should Be Baned
Last week, an FDA advisory panel recommended that the popular prescription painkillers Vicodin and Percocet, which combine acetaminophen with an opiate narcotic, be banned. The move by the FDA panel comes not in response to allegations of abuse but rather from concerns that the drugs which contain acetaminophen may cause liver damage. Gordy Weinand, Director [...]
Most Common Prescription Drugs Abused by Teenagers in the US
Prescription drug addiction is becoming a common problem among teenagers that needs to be addressed. In order to address this concern, it is essential for the parents and everyone else involved with the teenager to get enough information on the nature of prescription drug addiction. Everything else, including intervention, prescription drug testing and rehabilitating the [...]
To Import or Not To Import: The Prescription Drug Question
That is the question that many of our lawmakers are asking. Senators Dorgan (D-ND), Snowe (R-ME), McCain (R-AZ) and Stabenow (D-MI) brought that question to the forefront when they introduced the “Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009″ (S. 525) in March. Currently waiting to be placed on the Senate calendar, the bill [...]
Ultram: Prescription Drug Abuse & Testing
Ultram is the trade name for Tramadol which is an atypical opioid. It is a synthetic agent, as a 4-phenyl-piperidine analogue of codeine, and appears to have actions on the GABAergic, noradrenergic and serotonergic systems & is thus used as a centrally acting analgesic for treating moderate to severe pain. Tramadol is usually marketed as [...]
Darvocet, Darvon & Tylenol: Prescription Drug Abuse & Testing
Dextropropoxyphenes: These are the mild analgesic agents of the opioid category which are frequently used to treat mild to moderate pain. These are also used as antitussive i.e. a medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing. Use & Abuse: Dextropropoxyphene, like codeine, is a weak opioid. However, approximately 10-20% of the Caucasian population is unable [...]
Access to Prescription Drug Samples Needed for Medicare Patients
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) published a study on the effect prescription drug samples have on Medicare patients. The study found that 48.3 percent of Medicare beneficiaries take advantage of free prescription drug samples, with most saying that they accessed these samples due to cost issues. The study concluded that “Accessing free prescription [...]
How and Where to Buy Prescription Drugs
You can buy prescription drugs aside from your local drug store online from sources within the United States and outside of the country. Ordering online can save you time and even money. Though online pharmacies are very popular, would-be customers should be careful to assure that the online pharmacy they are considering purchasing from is [...]
Club And Prescription Drug Abuse In Wyoming
Both club and prescription drug abuses are quite significant in the overall problem of drug abuse in Wyoming. These are apart from the other common forms of addiction such as heroin addiction, cocaine addiction, marijuana addiction and even alcohol addiction, which is the most prevalent form of chemical dependency in the state. Here we shall [...]
Addiction to Prescription Drugs
Drug Addiction: Prescription Drugs Everybody knows what addiction is. It is a continuing intense need for a certain something: alcohol, food, cigarettes – you name it, you can get addicted to it. It is the unnecessarily strong need to have the item you are craving for. When you talk about drug addiction, the usual idea [...]
Dilaudid: Prescription Drug Abuse & Testing
Dilaudid is the trade name of hydromorphone hydrochloride which is a hydrogenated ketone of morphine that is used as an opioid analgesic to treat moderate to severe pain. White coat clad chaps call it 4, 5?-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17 methylmorphinan-6-one hydrochloride in their language. Some bacteria have been shown to be able to turn morphine into hydromorphone. As [...]