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US Approves Portable Antidote For Painkiller Overdoses
Opioid overdoses are mostly tied to those addicted to painkillers and heroin, but they can also happen accidentally in patients using the prescription medicines legitimately to treat pain. The hand-held device is called Evzio and automatically delivers …
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Cody Lewis' heroin story: 0-a-day addict turns life around at 21
Lewis began abusing other drugs, too, scouring the family medicine cabinet for painkillers and anxiety pills. "It made me forget and just not have to deal with real life," he says. Though his mother tried different approaches — punishment, lectures …
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Heroin use issues are hitting the middle class
SAMHSA has a 24-hour hotline — 1-800-662-HELP (4357) — and a directory of more than 11,000 alcohol and drug addiction treatment facilities and programs at http://www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov . AURORA, Ill. – Just out of Cook County Jail after being …
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From cost and coverage to finding a free bed, heroin addicts face barriers to …
NEW YORK — As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for …
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Narconon Fresh Start – Robert & Marlene Part 1 – Prescription Pain Killer Addiction — Robert and Marlene’s daughter was addicted to prescription pain killers so they sent her to Narconon Fresh Start Drug Rehab where she turned her life around …

States begin to ban dangerous new FDA-approved painkiller
But the FDA's decision to green light a drug containing five times the amount of the narcotic hydrocodone previously available in pill form happened in spite of the recommendation of a review panel who advised against approval. Now officials in at …
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Warning Signs of Adolescent Addiction — Our job as parents is to protect our children. Recognizing the warning signs of mental illness and addiction is part of that. Carrier Clinic’s mission is to …

'Jersey Shore' Star Gets His Own Reality Show
… in his life –- his mother, brothers and sister are all part of the cast. (Hopefully we'll get a little six-pack action to curb our disappointment.) After "Jersey Shore" ended, Sorrentino stayed in the spotlight with multi-million dollar endorsement …
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Overdosing On Pain Killers — So a few days ago I accidently took a bunch of motrin. Then I got sick. I broke up with my boyfriend, my mum busted my cellphone and I have no life. So stoke…

Prescription drug overdoses: 2 Winnipeg families speak out
"My mom and I struggle with what people might assume happened [the night he died]," says his sister, Kara. "He was not a drug addict. He didn't live in the drug world. Yet somehow it came into our house." It was then, on that cold February night, that …
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Lindsay Lohan Relapse? Drug Use Sparks Addiction Recovery Concerns After …
But the drug use has sparked concern that a relapse could happen in the future. Lohan was given a “deep intravenous sedation” of valium, narcotic painkiller fentanyl and sedative propofol, “I get sedation. [Otherwise] I panic,” said Lohan to the cameras.
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Cancer painkiller mixed with heroin blamed for 22 Pennsylvania deaths — CNN’s Rosa Flores reports on a new, and deadly heroin drug combo that’s claimed at least 22 lives in a week. Cancer painkiller mixed with heroin blamed for 2…

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