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27th July 2009
Massage can provide comfort and relaxation at the end of life, which can be a time of increased anxiety and fear for those making the transition as well as for their families. Hospice is a term that refers to the palliative care of patients who are neari... Read >
Author: Brandon Thomas12th June 2009
Nearly everyone, at some point in time, will deal with an injury, disease, or disorder that causes a great deal of physical pain for them. There is not much getting around this; it is simply a matter of when it will occur, not if it will. So we all will... Read >
Author: Patrick Meninga02nd June 2009
Recently even more warnings have been issued on the purchase online, painkillers without a prescription or a prescription. Many people resort to painkillers buy online to save money or because they can get cheap painkillers from their local pharmacy. To p... Read >
Author: buycheaptramadol09915th May 2009
Are prescription painkillers being banned due to pressure from drug companies protecting their profits?
A lot of people are pretty down on the FDA these days, and rightly so: People are dying from, being harmed by, or becoming addicted to drugs the FD... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart11th May 2009
Methadone-related adverse events are climbing in greater proportion than the number of prescriptions for the drug, and deaths have increased by 400%. One painkiller after another has failed us. Is it time to look for non-drug solutions?
One of the majo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart01st May 2009
Victims of prescription drug addiction and street drug addicts who overdose on opioids can often be saved by the drug naloxone, but the event should be followed immediately with admission to a medical drug detox facility, followed by lengthy drug rehab.
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Author: Rod MacTaggart27th April 2009
The problems caused by prescription painkillers are often worse than the pain you took them to resolve. Check out drug-free solutions.
It’s an unfortunate fact that millions of people live in chronic pain, and one of the most common areas that hurt a... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart22nd April 2009
The military is notorious for not taking care of our guys when they come home. New legislation proposes to force the issue, with civilian oversight.
Since the Iraq war started six years ago, legal use of prescription painkillers among wounded U.S. troo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart16th April 2009
An abdominoplasty, also referred to as a tummy tuck, can help reduce the appearance of loose and flabby skin around your abdomen by strengthening the walls of your tummy, as well as tightening your stomach muscles. This surgery removes fat and tightens lo... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON16th April 2009
As the death toll from methadone soars across the country and methadone addiction continues to rise, the need for effective treatment has never been more important.
State death statistics across the country are showing that prescription drugs continue ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart09th April 2009
Doctors take an oath to do no harm, but they’re giving more and more patients addictive drugs. Why? Because non-addictive drugs cut into big pharma profits.
When a doctor gets his license, he commits to a standard of medical ethics known as the Hippo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart31st March 2009
The result of so-called ‘treatment’ for opioid addiction with methadone is simply a life-long methadone addiction. Real treatment means helping opioid addicts become drug free, and such treatment now is available.
New medical protocols have been de... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart27th March 2009
Thousands of Oklahomans, many of them young people, have fallen victim to oxycodone and OxyContin addiction, and thousands more to hydrocodone painkillers like Lortab and Vicodin.
Hydrocodone, sold under brand names such as Lortab and Vicodin, and the ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart06th March 2009
OxyContin addiction is epidemic in our society, and opting for methadone ‘therapy’ to replace the narcotic is just jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
The more OxyContin a person takes, the more tolerant their bodies become to the addictive ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart05th March 2009
Deaths from prescription drug overdoses have reached epidemic proportions. What can you do to protect yourself and your loved ones?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that deaths from prescription drug overdoses, es... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart04th March 2009
Governments, like individuals, choose their priorities when it comes to spending money. Is your state doing all it can to help prevent prescription drug abuse?
Dealers who sell prescription drugs to our family members often get their supplies by doctor... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart02nd March 2009
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical treatment – through either conventional or naturopathic medicine techniques. Each pain management approach offers different benefits, which is why Southwest Integrative Medicine offers elem... Read >
Author: SWmed26th January 2009
Medical drug detox and a stint in rehab is not what any parent wants for their kids, but unless mom and dad wise up and start paying attention, that’s where their son or daughter is headed -- if they don’t die from an overdose first.
A Fremont Cou... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart01st December 2008
In a perfect world, laws would not be necessary. But, when people are not prepared to do the "right" thing, the legislature has to step in to force compliance. If you were to ask which class of people in the US right now should be the most honored and pro... Read >
Author: John Scott16th August 2008
When it comes to prescription painkillers, we really seem to be between a rock and a hard place. After God knows how many people were killed, injured or turned into drug addicts with OxyContin, doctors started looking for alternatives. Many chose methadon... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart12th August 2008
More people are dying in Montana from prescription drug overdoses than from all other drugs of any other kind, including illicit street drugs like heroin and cocaine. And officials across the state are ramping up awareness of the problem, while dealing wi... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart20th July 2008
On August 18, 2006, only eighteen years old and three days away from her first day in college, Emily Jackson swallowed a single OxyContin tablet, and soon thereafter died. Emily is only one of hundreds of Americans, and thousands world-wide, who have lost... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart15th May 2008
The fact that America consumes 60% of the world’s illicit drugs (Drug Enforcement Administration) makes employee drug testing compulsory for the US companies to maintain the work standards. Drug testing to the employees is an issue to many of the organi... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson12th May 2008
The fact that America consumes 60% of the world’s illicit drugs (Drug Enforcement Administration) makes employee drug testing compulsory for the US companies to maintain the work standards. Drug testing to the employees is an issue to many of the organi... Read >
Author: Stephen Jhonson27th March 2008
If you’re still wondering whether prescription drug abuse is really a problem, check out these startling facts from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Amazingly, these statistics only include ‘abuse’ – there are millions more people who are taking... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart04th March 2008
Each year, more than 2 million Americans are given powerful prescription painkillers that contain opiods (sometimes called narcotics) for the relief of pain and discomfort brought on by injury, surgery, menstrual cramps, and even headaches. But a growing ... Read >
Author: cannone29th February 2008
A new Bill was recently submitted to the House Health and Welfare Committee to allow random drug testing of adults who apply for or are already receiving public monies such as welfare, food stamps, or assistance under Kentucky’s medical assistance progr... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart19th January 2008
With all the news about the dangers of prescription drugs - especially opioid painkillers like OxyContin, methadone and morphine - you would think people would be using less of them. However, judging by the statistics, including the number of people going... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart16th August 2007
Addiction to prescription painkillers is a disease that has become increasingly prevalent in the United States as well as many other industrialized nations. Narcotic pain medications, also known as Opiate, are commonly prescribed by doctors for the treatm... Read >
Author: Kausik Dutta06th August 2007
You may have heard about a drug called Actiq – a berry-flavored lozenge on a stick that looks and tastes like a lollipop. It was approved by the FDA for cancer patients only, but is being prescribed for everything from migraines to back pain, and has fo... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart11th July 2007
Treatment for heart burn and peptic ulcers has changed dramatically in the past few years. Now, antacids, histamine blockers, and proton pump blockers are being used as standard ulcer therapy. These medicines don�t address the root of the problem, but... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer04th October 2006
The Sunday Times Newspaper on 26th February 2006, revealed that the NHS has for the very first time allowed magnetic therapy treatment devices to be prescribed by G.P's. At this moment in time, the devices they are able to prescribe are limited to the tre... Read >
Author: debbie shimadry
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