When someone you love enters a rehabilitation facility, you’re placing an enormous amount of trust in the people who work there, trusting that the doctors, nurses, and staff will protect them at one of the most vulnerable moments of their life. But not every rehab facility holds up its end of that trust. Medical malpractice …
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March 2, 2021 Harvard Health Publishing – Harvard Medical School Two common classes of drugs have been linked to dementia. Fortunately, there are alternatives to both. Image: Thinkstock If you’re worried about developing dementia, you’ve probably memorized the list of things you should do to minimize your risk—eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, getting adequate …
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Vicodin, Valium, Xanax and Prednisone among those most widely used and all have a high correlation with suicide. Read more from UChicago Medicine report… A review of 922 prescription medications taken by almost 150 million people over an 11-year period shows that just 10 of these drugs were associated with an increased rate of suicide attempts. …
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it has observed an “alarming” trend of brightly-colored fentanyl made to look like candy that is being used to attract children and young people. The agency said its law enforcement partners began seizing brightly colored “rainbow fentanyl” earlier this month. This new form of fentanyl has been seized in …
Did you know that fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is 80-100 times stronger than morphine? This powerful and dangerous drug is often mixed in with other drugs like heroin or fake prescription pills. Many users believe that they are purchasing heroin and actually don’t know that they are purchasing fentanyl – which often results in overdose deaths. …
As our nation remains in the midst of an opioid crisis, another disturbing trend has emerged: the selling and the use of counterfeit medication. These pills, which are often sold online, look like legitimate prescription meds such as Oxycontin or Adderall. In fact, people buy them believing that they are similar to the pills you …
