Manchin Thanks Senate Colleagues for Unanimous Support of Bill to Help Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

Published February 2, 2013

Manchin Thanks Senate Colleagues for Unanimous Support of Bill to Help Fight Prescription Drug Abuse –

FDA issues draft guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids

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The FDA continues to encourage the development of abuse-deterrent formulations of opioids and believes that these products have promise to help reduce prescription drug abuse. At the same time, the FDA remains committed to ensuring that patients with …
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Prescription addiction a growing problem for county, state

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By 2012, about half of the patients of the facility were there for alcohol. The rest represented a sharp increase in treatment for opiate addiction. Opiates may make people think of the well-known illegal drug heroin, but the term also encompasses …
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