Pharmacist Accused of Running Pill Mill Out of Pharmacy
In Volusia County, Florida, Michael Lomangino, a pharmacist, has been charged with stealing prescription medications from the pharmacy that employed him and then reselling those pills on the black market.
Long Island Pharmacy Security Tighter Than Fort Knox
The word “fortress” is being bandied about when discussing Linden Care’s (a Syosset, New York pharmacy) latest security measures. Pharmacists in the area are looking for as much protection as possible for themselves and their employees after a series of unconnected deaths occurred when prescription drug addicts got desperate looking for their next high at . . . . Continue Reading
4 Ways to Fight Chronic Pain Without Painkillers
Unfortunately, many patients increase their issue with chronic pain without realizing it. A handful of bad habits can mean heightened pain and a further dependence on painkillers.
Experts Discuss Whether or Not Michael Jackson was Addicted to Drugs on the Stand
The trial for Dr. Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson, and the inquiry into whether or not he knew Michael Jackson to be drug dependent has everyone tuned in.
Family Intervention Worked for Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith has struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years and years, famously going to rehab on multiple occasions. Unfortunately, despite repeated attempts at treatment, Griffith says that her ultimate triumph over painkiller addiction that developed after an accident on a ski trip in 2007 was due in part to a confrontation with her . . . . Continue Reading
Drug Addicted Mother Tries to Sell Her 5 Year Old Son
People do desperate things when they are living with an active drug addiction, and one mother in Florida did the unthinkable in order to get $2000, potentially to feed her prescription drug addiction: sell the parental rights to her 5-year-old son. According to reports, Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jessica Marie Beers for allegedly attempting . . . . Continue Reading
Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Drug Overdose and Drug Rehab
Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers of Tudors fame was recently rushed to the hospital for a drug overdose. Though initial reports said that the overdose was a suicide attempt, it was later determined that Rhys Meyers’ overdose was inadvertent and was related to an ongoing prescription drug addiction that has had the star in drug rehab . . . . Continue Reading
Doctors Offer Congress Solutions for the Prescription Drug Addiction Epidemic, Part II
In our last post, we talked about how one group of doctor’s is working to encourage Congress to make prescription drug training mandatory for all prescribing physicians. Dr. David Kloth is a spokesman for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He says that this new certification and training should be mandatory because “physicians are . . . . Continue Reading
Doctors Offer Congress Solutions for the Prescription Drug Addiction Epidemic, Part I
The restrictions have been coming down around the country: prescription drug addiction is a huge problem and authorities are cracking down by implementing statewide prescription drug databases and putting the screws to prescribing physicians. Countless lawsuits have been filed by families and states against doctors who prescribe medications in situations where the patient ends up . . . . Continue Reading
Dwight Gooden Talks to ESPN About Celebrity Drug Rehab
Nice, polite, unassuming – Dwight Gooden is nothing like most of the “celebs” that show up on Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab reality TV show on VH1. Once one of the best pitchers in baseball, Gooden has spent the last 20 years not playing for the NY Mets but fighting his way through five stints in . . . . Continue Reading