Pain Meds
Oxycodone Takes Another One Down
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Another athlete has fallen victim to prescription drug addiction. Starting New England Patriots offensive lineman Nicholas Kaczur was arrested in April on a charge of illegal possession of prescription painkillers. Following his arrest, Kaczur secretly cooperated with the DEA in a sting operation that resulted in the indictment of his alleged drug supplier. According to [...]
Everything in Moderation
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008The possibility that ibuprofen may help prevent Alzheimer’s is discussed in a recent entry on the blog Straight from the Doc. This would certainly be pretty incredible, but as with all things, there is a flip-side. Studies have shown that chronic use of ibuprofen may cause kidney disease, so is it really worth it to [...]
What hydrocodone order?
Monday, May 5th, 2008On May 3, the Maryland-based prescription drug distributor McKesson Corp. announced that it had agreed to pay $13 million in civil fines in order to settle allegations that it had sold 3 million units of hydrocodone to NewCare Pharmacy in East Baltimore and large quantities of phentermine-based products to Smeeta Pharmacy in Highland.
The owners of [...]
No Pain, No Gain
Monday, May 5th, 2008Time magazine recently reported that a landmark study on pain found that, of the millions of Americans suffering from chronic pain, the vast majority come from lower-income households.
“Americans in households making less than $30,000 a year spend nearly 20 percent of their lives in moderate to severe pain, compared with less than 8 percent of [...]
Had a heart attack? Here’s $200,000. Now go away.
Sunday, May 4th, 2008According to a Wall Street Journal article pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer has settled some of the lawsuits over two of its painkiller medicines, Celebrex and Bextra. Former users of the drugs allege that they caused heart attacks and strokes. Apparently, there have been an estimated 7,000 to 9,000 Celebrex and Bextra lawsuits filed against Pfizer, and [...]