Drug News

CODIENE – USA
FDA Warns Nursing Mothers Of Rare Codeine Risk to Infants – The Wall Street Journal

The Food and Drug Administration warned that the widely used painkiller codeine, if taken by certain nursing mothers, could potentially pose a risk of overdose to their infants.
ALCOHOL – USA
Alcohol increases stroke risk in China – United Press International

Stroke, the leading cause of death and disability for men in China, is associated with high alcohol consumption, a U.S. study found.

ALCOHOL – USA
South Africa: Govt Kicks Off Anti-Alcohol Abuse Drive – All Africa

Alcohol abuse costs the state more than R9 billion per year, and this has prompted government to build on a massive awareness campaign, warning liquor consumers and traders about the risks of drinking alcohol.

METH – USA
Identifying a meth lab – WQAD News

When you think of meth being made you think of anhydrous ammonia.

PAINKILLERS – USA
Surge in painkiller sales worries Missouri leaders – Columbia Tribune

Sales of three major painkillers have been on the rise in Missouri in recent years.

PAINKILLERS – USA
Ohio painkiller use rates quadruple – The Cincinnati Post

The use of three major painkillers more than quadrupled in Ohio between 1997 and 2005, according to an Associated Press analysis of statistics from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

PAINKILLERS – USA
Painkiller sales explode in southern Indiana – The Indianapolis Star

Sales of OxyContin — a widely abused painkiller that delivers a heroin-like high — rose 584 percent across the state during that nine-year period.

PAINKILLERS – USA
Some areas of Montana see explosive growth in painkiller sales – Montanas News Station

Certain areas of Montana have seen an explosive growth in painkiller sales in recent years, especially in oxycodone-based drugs.

PAINKILLERS – USA
Sales of Narcotic Painkillers Up 90 Percent in Decade – Join Together

Americans are buying 90 percent more painkillers containing codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and meperidine than they did in 1997, according to data from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drugs safety class is Thursday – The Jackson Sun

Physicians, family nurse practitioners, pharmacists and dentists are invited to take a one-day seminar on prescription drug safety Thursday at the Doubletree Hotel in Jackson.