Pharmacies Use Online Tool to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

Published January 11, 2013

Pharmacies use online tool to fight prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

According the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, last year 80 percent of drug overdoses in Oklahoma involved prescription drugs.To bring that number down some pharmacies are using tools to put a cap on abuse. "We're able to search to make certain that a …
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Needham Public Health Department reminds residents of prescription …

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Prescription drug abuse is the Nation's fastest growing drug problem, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have classified it as an epidemic. “Prescription drug abuse” means taking a prescription drug that is not prescribed for you, or …
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Lawmakers work to curb prescription drug abuse in Mass.

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Prescription drug abuse has become the nation's fastest growing drug problem, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC blamed a recent spike in unintentional drug overdose death rates on a rise in the use of …
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