Archive for May, 2007

Nurse Steals Vicodin From Pain Patients

Nurses Aide Arrested
WNEP-TV – Scranton, PA, USA
Investigators said she took Alzheimers patients’ Vicodin and replaced it with extra-strength Tylenol, keeping the prescription painkillers for herself. …

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Illegal Prescriptions for Oxyconting at High Prices

O¹side doc charged with drug trafficking
Oceanside/Island Park Herald – Oceanside/Island Park, NY, USA
… and the agents seized a computer, financial records and prescriptions for OxyContin and Vicodin, another prescription pain medication, authorities said. …

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Misleading Statements regarding Oxycontin (Time Released Oxycodone).

Oxycontin Manufacturer Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Fine of …
InjuryBoard.com – Tampa, FL, USA
… claimed that its time-release formulation would pose a lower threat of abuse and addiction than other painkillers including Percocet or Vicodin….  

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Doctors Who Prescribe Pain Medication

Do rules hamper remedies for pain?
Seattle Times – Seattle, WA, USA
… can’t find a doctor in Washington willing to prescribe her opioids, the strongest class of painkillers, including morphine, OxyContin and Vicodin….  
 

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Drugs handed out in Jail

Roddy Stinson: Jail critic says drugs ‘handed out like candy’ to …
San Antonio Express – San Antonio,TX,USA
I hear the inmates get Xanax, Vicodin, sleeping pills and other drugs of abuse. What’s up with that? What’s wrong with ibuprofen? … 

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