FDA Attempt to Curb Prescription Drug Deaths Concerns Transgender Individuals

Published January 27, 2013

FDA attempt to curb prescription drug deaths concerns transgender individuals

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

Hydrocodone is a primary ingredient in Vicodin, a brand name painkiller with highly addictive properties, and is also the most prescribed medication in the US; it rivals oxycodone as the most abused prescription drug in America. The Los Angeles Times …
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Driver suspected of ketamine use kills 1 in New Taipei

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

Ketamine, while having medical applications, is a “dissociative anesthetic,” so named “because it distorts perceptions of sight and sound and produces feelings of detachment from the environment and self,” according to the U.S. National Institute on …
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Continuing hope: Hope House starts new family program

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

Hope House in Crownsville, where Ed's son just completed a stay, will be offering a free program for families of addicts. People do not have to have someone at Hope House, an in-patient drug and alcohol treatment center, to sign up. The program …
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Coming up in Monday's Courier

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

Many drug addicts are so desperate they will stop at nothing to get a fix. We have shocking figures which reveal just how that desperation manifests itself — resulting in them taking some incredible risks with their own safety, and that of others …
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