Addicts Turn to Heroin as Pain Pills Become Scarce

Published May 25, 2013

Addicts turn to heroin as pain pills become scarce

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

In some ways, the scale of the prescription pill problem took us all by surprise," said Pat Castillo, vice president of the United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse. "We had been promoting the … In 2012, Broward County — just a few …
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J&J expects 10-plus new drug applications by 2017

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

The pain treatment, while in earlier stages of testing, is not addictive and could replace widely used — and abused — opioid painkillers such as Oxycontin that cause harsh side effects and many fatal overdoses. J&J, which makes everything from baby …
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Prescription drug addiction: an equal-opportunity disease

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Now the new treatment center offers sixteen beds that are filling up quickly and roughly 20 local jobs for employees. “Drug addiction is an equal opportunity disease and it affects everyone,” said Nauts. “Shaking loose of an addiction to prescription …
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