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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring drugmakers to provide educational material to help train physicians on the correct use of drugs as part of the government's new plan to fight prescription drug abuse in the United States. Prescription drug overdose is the fastest-growing drug problem in the country. It is higher than the number of overdoses from the crack cocaine epidemic of the 80s and the black tar heroin epidemic of the 70s combined, the Obama administration says. The...
SEATTLE, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) today announced that research on the PPAR-gamma agonists it is developing in its Addiction franchise has been published in the April 1, 2011 issue of the Journal of Biological Psychiatry. The article was selected as a focus of a press release issued on April 5, 2011 by Biological Psychiatry, one of the most commonly cited journals in the field of psychiatric neuroscience. The article, authored by Omeros'...
Methadone has been used to treat heroin addicts for nearly 50 years. Yet we have surprisingly incomplete knowledge about possible harmful effects from prolonged use. New research from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health shows that methadone affects the brain and impairs the attention of experimental animals.In general, opioids such as heroin and morphine are known to weaken intellectual functions such as learning, memory and attention."It is therefore tempting to assume that...
Botulism is a rare disease and recurrent botulism even more rare. However, in California, recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users has been on the rise and makes up three-quarters of reported cases in the United States. A new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and currently available online examines this problem.From 1993 through 2006, 17 injection drug users were identified within the surveillance system of the California Department of Public Health for having...
Addiction to Oxycontin and Painkillers in the Military is a Growing Problem - One Ibogaine Treatment Center Promises a No Withdrawal Detox Nashville, TN (PRWEB) February 2, 2011 According to a USA Today report an epidemic problem of addiction plagues our armed forces. The military says that new diagnosis of substance abuse has risen to 40,000 soldiers a year. Further, 25-35% of our special forces become drug dependent after they sustain an injury. Ed Clay, a managing partner for Ibogaine...
MADISON, N.J., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oral fluid has revealed approximately five times more heroin use in the general U.S. workforce than previously believed, according to new data today released by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services. In the company's first special report on oral fluid testing with more than 320,000 oral-fluid samples from the general U.S. workforce from January to June 2010, data...
After being sober for one year, a Narconon Arrowhead graduate reflects on his devastating addiction to OxyContin and his life changing decision to receive treatment through Narconon Arrowhead. Canadian, Oklahoma (Vocus/PRWEB) January 13, 2011 OxyContin, a prescription opiod medication used for severe pain, has quickly become one of the most widely abused street drugs. Every year, OxyContin addiction, comparable to a heroin addiction, spreads further and further into the communities...
Recent graduate of drug rehab program relays her experience with methadone and how drug-free treatment saved her life. Oklahoma (PRWEB) January 3, 2011 Methadone was developed as a substitute treatment, used by those struggling with heroin addiction. The theory is that one will substitute the methadone for their heroin addiction, reducing withdrawal symptoms, and then they will be weaned off of the methadone. Unfortunately, theories do not always display the outcome. One Narconon...
Statement of Steve Pasierb, President NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future study (MTF) - the largest survey on teen drug abuse tracking over 46,000 8th, 10th and 12th graders - shows that teens' daily use of marijuana, especially among 8th graders, has increased significantly, with overall illicit drug use among this group jumping to 16 percent, up from 14.5 percent in 2009. The MTF survey also points to marked increases in...
Babies born to mothers who received buprenorphine required significantly less treatment for drug dependenceUsing buprenorphine instead of methadone "” the current standard of care "” to treat opioid-dependent pregnant women may result in healthier babies, suggests new findings from an international team led by Johns Hopkins researchers and published in the Dec. 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.Babies born to mothers taking buprenorphine instead of methadone to counter heroin...
