Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse
According to an article on Medscape News, to help reduce the widespread misuse and abuse of prescriptions drugs in the United States, White House officials from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced the launch of a national action plan […]
Prescription Drugs
Prescription drugs is one that is licensed by the government and requires a prescription before it can be obtained. Over-the-counter drugs can be purchased without a prescription. What exactly constitutes a prescription drug is defined in the United States by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. These are a set of laws passed by […]
Chronic Pain Relief Leading Source of Prescription Painkiller Use
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (June 11, 2010 ) – According to a recent survey conducted by the Waismann Method of opiate detoxification, doctors prescribing medication for the treatment of chronic pain were found to be the leading source of prescription painkiller use. Approximately 88 percent of all respondents stated they began taking prescription painkillers for chronic […]
Prescription Drug Databases May Help Curb Misuse of Opiates
Many states are grappling with the grim realization that a rising number of cases of drug abuse and overdose are not related to street drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Instead, prescription pain killers or opiates are the alarming growing problem that government, health and law enforcement officials are trying to figure out how to […]
Prescribed Painkillers Tops List of Causes for Opiate Dependency
According to The Waismann Method® Opiate Dependency Survey, seventy-one percent of patients with opiate dependencies admit they were originally prescribed medication by their physicians, reflecting almost no change from 70 percent last year. The results indicate that, despite increased caution by physicians and more stringent consequences against those that over prescribe, legitimate and monitored use […]
AN OVER-PRESCRIBED SOCIETY?
Just because it’s legal and comes from your doctor doesn’t mean it can’t harm you. It seems the old advice we used to get from doctors about an apple a day has been replaced by something altogether different. When was the last time your doctor discussed nutrition or preventative medicine with you? In this day […]
