Kentucky Legislature Overhauls Prescription Drug Law

Kentucky legislature overhauls prescription drug law

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

Special allowances would be made for hospice and end-of-life care, cancer treatment, federally authorized research projects and for patients who have adverse reactions to a prescription and must switch drugs. • The medical licensure board would …
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Prescription Drug Abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

Richard Fee's heartbreaking battle with prescription drug addiction followed a tragically familiar pattern: casual use of pills from friends who had lots to spare because of overprescribing, followed by doctor shopping to obtain multiple prescriptions …
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Treatment for Addicts Made Easier

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Recent changes to the law have made it easier for doctors to prescribe a medication – called buprenorphine – to help treat opioid addiction. Additional efforts to reduce addiction included more youth education and treatment programs, better …
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Rockefeller backs drug treatment bill

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"I've heard from West Virginians who want treatment for themselves or their loved ones and can't get it – like the grandmother whose only option for her addicted grandson was incarceration. In the midst of such an overwhelming prescription drug abuse …
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