News tagged with vicodin
Depression Patients More Apt to Receive Opioids for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Retired NFL players misuse painkillers more than general population
Retired NFL players use painkillers at a much higher rate than the rest of us, according to new research conducted by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Jan 28, 2011 |
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FDA orders lower doses in prescription painkillers
(AP) -- Federal health regulators are limiting a key ingredient found in Vicodin, Percocet and other prescription painkillers that have been linked to thousands of cases of liver damage each year.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Longer-lasting options to treat drug addiction
(AP) -- New treatments for addiction to heroin or narcotic painkillers promise longer-lasting relief that may remove some day-to-day uncertainty of care: A once-a-month shot is now approved and a six-month implant is in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Abuse of meds sends as many to ER as illegal drugs
(AP) -- For the first time, abuse of painkillers and other medication is sending as many people to the emergency room as the use of illegal drugs.
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Higher opioid dose linked to overdose risk in chronic pain patients (w/ Video)
More and more Americans with chronic pain not caused by cancer are taking medically prescribed opioids like Oxycontin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone). The January 19 Annals of Internal Medicine features the first study ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Teen marijuana use tilts up, while some drugs decline in use
(PhysOrg.com) -- Marijuana use among American adolescents has increased gradually over the past two years (three years among 12th-graders) following years of declining use, according to the latest Monitoring the Future study, ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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In 16 states, drug deaths overtake traffic fatals
(AP) -- In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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FDA: 'limited' benefit with tamper-proof OxyContin
(AP) -- Federal health officials say a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse offers some improvements over the original pill.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Questions and answers about pain medicine dangers
(AP) -- A Food and Drug Administration panel has recommended limits on Tylenol and other drugs containing acetaminophen because of risks for liver failure. Maximum recommended doses for over-the-counter Tylenol would be ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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FDA panel: Lower maximum daily dose of Tylenol
(AP) -- Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 30, 2009 |
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