Mom Addicted to Oxycodone: ‘To Me It’s My Medicine’

Published December 13, 2013

Mom Addicted to Oxycodone: ‘To Me It’s My Medicine’ – Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=anderson Brittany, a mother of two, believes that when she gets high on illegal…

Editorial: VA must do more to reduce painkiller prescriptions

Filed under: addiction to painkillers

Glantz opened his piece with the chilling account of Jeffrey Waggoner, a former paratrooper trying to kick his addiction to painkillers who was inexplicably released by the VA hospital in Roseburg, Ore., with more opiates. Within hours, he died of an … Read more on Sacramento Bee

State AGs lobby FDA to reconsider nod for powerful Zogenix painkiller

Filed under: addiction to painkillers

And that's what worries these attorneys general, who have been wrestling with painkiller addiction in their states. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, the AGs asked the FDA to withdraw its approval–or at least set a "rigorous timeline … Read more on FiercePharma