Analgesics

                   

Despite Payments, Vioxx Legal Battle Drags On And On (Investor's Business Daily)

yahoo.com     5 hrs ago   1 related          

Friday August 29, 6:14 pm ET Vioxx is turning into the story that won't go away. Merck's costs tied to Vioxx are almost $7 billion, including the total of settlement payments now starting and legal bills. Merck settled...                    

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Narcotic drugs for medical purposes scarce

hindu.com     10 hrs ago          

Fear of misuse of narcotic drugs and the government procedures involved in getting the drugs make hospitals use alternative methods to obtain a reasonable amount of palliative and anaesthetic drugs. Pain and palliative...                    

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Secret Witness Offers Reward For Rite Aid Bandit (DFO)

spokesmanreview.com     5 hrs ago          

A man accused of robbing the Hayden Rite Aid of more than 600 OxyContin pills Monday evening is being sought by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department. The man entered the Rite Aid at 43 W. Prairie Ave. and handed an...                    

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Pain Therapeutics, King Pharma develop abuse-resistant pain medication

pharmiweb.co.uk     21 hrs ago   3 related          

San Mateo, California Pain Therapeutics, Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced they are developing a new abuse-resistant prescription pain medication called PTI-721. Like Remoxy (controlled-release oxycodone),...                    

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Life, Death and New Drugs

portfolio.com     15 hrs ago   61 related          

Amylin's recent woes with its new diabetes drug, Byetta—six people have died, possibly as a result of taking the drug—raises a crucial question that has long vexed companies and patients about the medications we take for...                    

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OxyContin robber wears blond wig and carries gun

tampabays10.com     12 hrs ago          

Tampa, Florida - When you're picking up a prescription at your local pharmacy, the last thing you're thinking is that the customer next to you has a gun. But, it's happening! An armed man is robbing local pharmacists. The...                    

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Shots are nothing to shy away from with the right approach

news-medical.net     yesterday   1 related          

"Getting shots may seem burdensome and even downright scary to some children, but they protect children against dangerous and deadly diseases." This month serves as a reminder that before taking children back, parents...                    

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Tasered suspect arraigned in hospital

post-gazette.com     yesterday   1 related          

Man no longer in police custody By Daniel Malloy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The man recovering from an apparent drug overdose who was stunned with Tasers by police last week remains in the hospital, but he's no longer in...                    

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PAINWeek 2008 - Survival Kit for Frontline Clinicians

newswise.com     yesterday          

Newswise — PAINWeek 2008 officially begins on Wednesday, September 3, when hundreds of healthcare professionals and practitioners will gather at the Red Rock Casino, Resort, and Spa in Las Vegas for this unique annual...                    

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Scanner Traffic -- Safeway Robbed (DFO)

spokesmanreview.com     yesterday          

4:35 p.m. An elderly man has abandoned a dog at one of the local boat launches.11:41 a.m. The Safeway pharmacy was robbed today by a man in a gray hood who fits the description of the armed suspect who robbed oxycontin...                    

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