Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment

Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment – Learn more about Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment Centers in Illinois. With more than 40 years of substance abuse treatment experience, our specia…

For many, chronic pain leads to endless loop of doctors, drugs and desperation

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In 2012, more than 37 percent of the patients admitted to the state's hospitals for drug abuse treatment were addicted to prescription painkillers, three times more than were admitted for heroin, at a cost of approximately $ 400 million, according to an …
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FDA's Rejection Of Generic OxyContin May Have Side Effects

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Just because a pill is abuse-deterrent doesn't mean it's harmless. "A pill that's harder to snort or inject isn't necessarily less addictive," says Andrew Kolodny, head of psychiatry at Maimonides Medical Center in New York, who studies policy on …
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