Report: Region Tops Nation for Drug-Tied ER Visits

Report: Region tops nation for drug-tied ER visits

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

The rate of emergency room visits in eastern Massachusetts for drugs surpassed that of much larger metropolitan areas in 2011, including New York, Chicago and Detroit, according to the report. The region also ranked first at a rate of four times the …
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Therapeutic Proteins Offer New Investment Opportunities

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Investors in Medivation (MDVN) cheered earlier this year because of an early FDA approval for its flagship drug Xtandi (enzalutamide) for the treatment of prostate cancer post-chemotherapy. The original PDUFA action date for Xtandi's NDA was … The …
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Global drug survey to rank Australian use

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Research released today shows drug and alcohol treatments have increased in Australia over the past year, with alcohol the drug most likely to get people into trouble. Almost half the drug treatment episodes in 2010 to 2011 were for alcohol problems, …
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Pain medication addiction reaching epidemic level

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In 2011, hydrocodone was the most prescribed drug in America, according to WebMD. At first, many in the medical community were not worried about drug addiction. If you give a pill to someone in pain, when the pain goes away they'll stop taking it …
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