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Oxycodone Intoxication: 5 Facts About What Killed Adrienne Martin

Adrienne Martin, the 27-year-old girlfriend of beer magnate August Busch IV, died from accidental oxycodone intoxication. That's the conclusion of the St. Louis County Chief Medical Examiner, which released its report on Martin's December 2010 death today. What is oxycodone, and when is it lethal? Surge Desk found...

FDA Orders Acetaminophen Limits in Combination Pain Killers

The Food and Drug Administration said today it will ask combination prescription drug manufacturers to limit the content of the common pain reliever acetaminophen in their products. The new stipulation, which also requires companies to warn consumers of "the potential risk for severe liver injury" associated with the...

Woman: Poppy Seeds, Not Drugs, Led to Losing Child

(Nov. 10) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a Pennsylvania couple whose baby was taken away from them after the mother failed a drug test. The ACLU says the mom is drug free and blames the failed test on a poppy-seed bagel. "This was devastating on our whole family,"...

Opinion: Cough Syrup as Problem Drug?

(Oct. 25) -- Is cough medicine a problem drug? Cough medicine? An alarming bit of data suggests that it might be: One in 12 American teens, according to a survey by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, reports slugging down a bottle of cough syrup in an attempt to get high. A detailed study done for the Department...

Addiction-Curbing Injection: A Monthly Dose to Kick Hard Drugs

(Oct. 13) -- A once-a-month injection could help opiate users kick their habit for good, without many of the downsides inherent in current drug treatment options. The medication is called Vivitrol, and it was approved Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of addiction to opioids, like morphine and...

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Anthony Papa: Doctors Support Treatment, Not Additional Prison Time for Cameron Douglas and Others Who Relapse Behind Bars

An amicus brief was filed by the Drug Policy Alliance on behalf of a wide array of New York State's and the nation's leading medical and substance abuse treatment authorities on Thursday, May 3, in New York federal appeals court challenging what may be the longest-ever federal prison sentence imposed for the simple...

AOL HEALTHY LIVING

Rx Drugs a Growing Problem Among Teenagers

The most dangerous drugs may be much closer to home than you think.

AOL HEALTHY LIVING

People Are Dying of Drug Overdoses, Despite Lifesaving Medications

For the first time in 83 years, people in the United States are more likely to die of drug poisoning than in a motor vehicle accident.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Painkiller Association Closes As Senate Launches Probe

A version of this story was published in The Washington Post. As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation Tuesday into makers of narcotic painkillers and groups that champion them, a leading pain advocacy organization said it was dissolving "due to irreparable economic circumstances."

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Staggering Number Of Babies Born With Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth.

Opioids News From the Web

05/30/12 VIDEO: Woman arrested for trying to sneak drugs into... Source: The Saratogian - Saratoga Springs NY A woman was arrested for bringing a prescription drugs and heroin into the county jail.
05/30/12 Accretive Health VP 'Sincerely Apologizes' for Debt... Source: ABC - KSTP 5 Eyewitness News - St Paul MN Health care executives are facing tough questions Wednesday at a U.S. Senate field hearing after a lawsuit from Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson revealed aggressive efforts to collect debt from patients in Minnesota hospitals.
05/30/12 Chilliwack opium farmers plead guilty to drug charges Source: The Province - Vancouver - BC - Canada As prosecutors declared the largest opium bust in Canadian history to be much larger than first estimated, two men charged in connection with the 2010 Chilliwack poppy grow entered surprise guilty pleas Monday.
05/30/12 Alkermes Presents Positive Clinical Data of ALKS 5461... Source: Advanta Corp PHOENIX & DUBLIN--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS ) today presented positive results from the phase 1/2 study of ALKS 5461, a novel drug compound for major depressive disorder (MDD) in patients who have an inadequate response to standard therapies for clinical depression, in an oral session at the 52 nd Annual New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) Meeting in Phoenix.
05/30/12 2 women arraigned on bringing drugs into jail at... Source: Norwalk Reflector - Norwalk OH Two local women entered "not guilty" pleas Tuesday to using their bodies to bring drugs into the Huron County Jail. In one case, Tiffany L. Alltop, 32, of 400A Steeplechase Ave., Bellevue, is charged with one count each of illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a detention facility and trafficking in Alprazolam (Xanax).

Background on Opioids

An opioid is a psychoactive chemical that works by binding to opioid receptors, which are found principally in the central and peripheral nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.

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