Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story
Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story – Stacy, a 39-year old Traverse City woman, tells the compelling story of her journey from a normal life as a college-educated doctor’s wife and mother of three, to the dark world of prescription drug addiction and abuse. Follow Stacy’s story, and find out what finally made her seek treatment and get clean. In 2007, 16.3 million Americans age 12 and older took prescription pain relivers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives for non-medical purposes.* Prescription drug abouse is a real and growing problem in northern Michigan and across the country. * Nidamed 4/20/09 www.munsonhealthcare.org/behavioralhealth
Bristol-Myers, Pfizer's Eliquis gets Japan OK
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… U.S. approval, as two rival drugs have done. Pfizer and Bristol-Myers said Wednesday that Japan approved use of Eliquis for treating the most common type of irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, in patients at risk for strokes or dangerous …
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FDA OKs Drug for Rare Lipid Disorder
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The FDA has approved the lipid-lowering drug lomitapide (Juxtapid) as add-on therapy in patients with a rare lipid disorder, the agency announced Wednesday. The drug is for … Patients will need an authorization form to accompany each new prescription.
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