Almost all people who illegally use or abuse opioid painkillers such as Oxycontin or Vicodin get the drugs from a friend or relative who had a prescription, a new report shows. In the study, which involved a 2008 survey of more than 5,300 Utah adults, almost 2 percent of respondents said they had taken an [...]
Archive | February, 2010
- Prescription Painkillers Could Be New ‘Gateway’ Drugs
- Overtreated: Surgery too often fails for back pain
- Riskier surgeries for back pain raise costs | back pain surgeries
- Oxycontin Abusers Often Rely on ‘Leftover’ Meds From Friends
- FDA seeks plan to curb opioid pain killer abuse
- How to Manage Pain Without Drugs
- FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills
- Questions and answers about pain medicine dangers
- FDA recommends smaller doses of painkillers | painkillers doses
- Celebrex Medication Ingredients and Side Effects
