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Retail Pharmacists Find Opportunity in the Growing Medical Food Market

Retail pharmacists find opportunity in the growing medical food market

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From FDA's perspective, a drug cures, treats, or mitigates the effects or symptoms of a specific disease. A medical food manages a specific disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles …
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Wellness care: An alternative to more drugs and worsening health

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Judge: 17 Years Not Enough for Sex Abuse of 7-Year-Old

Judge: 17 years not enough for sex abuse of 7-year-old

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BANGOR, Maine — A Glenburn woman who was scheduled to be sentenced Monday on sex charges involving a 7-year-old boy withdrew her guilty plea after the judge rejected an agreement that called for her to serve a maximum sentence of 17 years. District …
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Employed And Homeless: Kennard Family Tells Their Story

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Our View: McHenry County Drug Court a Big Success

Our view: McHenry County Drug Court a big success

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These are individuals who have had several run-ins with law enforcement for one reason: drug abuse. Most of the offenders report heroin addiction. Illegal drug use is a criminal problem and addiction is a societal problem, both of which need to be …
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ARS and Pacific Clinics Drug Abuse and Addiction Forum Offers Facts and Hope

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Metro: Prescription Drug Abuse Leading to More Heroin Use — and Deaths – in

Metro: Prescription drug abuse leading to more heroin use — and deaths – in

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In the five-plus years since his recovery, however, Thompson said he has seen prescription drug and heroin use grow, forever altering or ending the lives of his friends who didn't escape the addiction. “Unfortunately, most of my friends passed away or …
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Maine doctors requiring random drug tests before writing prescriptions for

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What Are the Symptoms to Dilauded Drug Addiction?

Question by sally: What are the symptoms to Dilauded drug addiction?
I’m worried about my cousin Mia. She’s currently using a drug called Dilauded. I’m not sure about what it is or what its effects are but I’m worried that she might get addicted to it because she has a history of getting too involved with her medications. What are the symptoms that I have to take note of?

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Maine Petitions Feds to Cut Medicaid Funds for Smoking Cessation Programs

Maine Petitions Feds to Cut Medicaid Funds for Smoking Cessation Programs

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… two to one. While state officials maintain some cessation programs will still be available, critics of the plan say the budget reduction will leave too many people addicted to nicotine. … Stefanie Nadeau, director of MaineCare services, says the …
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Calais VA clinic's opioid history is on law enforcement radar in Washington County

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