Addiction rehab center to open

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Only a doctor with a special certification specifically for Suboxone can prescribe the drug, he added. SelfRefind also couples addiction counseling with the medication-assisted treatment and clients are required to report three or four times a month …
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Ignoring doctors' orders on prescription drugs proves costly, CVS reports

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“Those long-term complications are much more costly to treat and often require hospitalization,” Drab said. About one-third of Americans stop taking prescription drugs at some point after the first refill, Foulkes said. One-quarter of new prescriptions …
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Medical professionals need pain treatment training

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Overdose deaths — most due to accidents — from OxyContin and other prescription drugs continue to rise, according to federal data. At the same time, many are concerned that doctors and other health care professionals aren't getting enough instruction …
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Discontinuation rates high with type 2 diabetes drugs

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Discontinuation rates high with type 2 diabetes drugs. By: BRUCE JANCIN, Clinical … That's significantly lower than the 39% rate of 6-month treatment persistence in patients placed on a dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 inhibitor, Carol E. Koro, Ph.D., reported …
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