FDA panel backs reformulated OxyContin pill

Federal health advisers on Thursday recommended approval for a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse.

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FDA: 'limited' benefit with tamper-proof OxyContin

Federal health officials say a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse offers some improvements over the original pill.

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Thefts lead WA Walgreens to put Oxycontin in safes

Robberies involving the narcotic OxyContin are so common that Walgreens has installed time-delayed safes in its 114 pharmacies across Washington to secure the powerful painkiller.

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Concern voiced about proposed new version of OxyContin

Government advisers voiced skepticism Monday that a new version of the potent painkiller OxyContin would live up to its maker's claim of being harder to abuse.

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Kentucky Sues Makers of OxyContin

Kentucky officials on Thursday sued the manufacturer of OxyContin, the prescription pain reliever dubbed "hillbilly heroin," because of widespread abuse in Appalachia.

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Yukon police say a big drug bust was made possible thanks to an accidental call to 911.

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Oxycontin is the newest opiate high and kids from all walks of life are using it. athletes, honor role students, band geeks,popular kids, shy kids, you name it . This is deadly behavior and kids are dying. we have to get a handle on this before more kids die.

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The Pittsburgh Police robbery squad is hoping someone recognizes the surveillance photo taken of a man who robbed a Rite Aid Pharmacy in Shadyside

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The real-life riddle is causing lots of confusion at Tampa International Airport.

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BARRINGTON R.I. - A woman is arrested accused of attending open houses and stealing prescription medications from the homes. Barrington police say over the weekend a real estate agent noticed 50 year-old Linda Grablink with the pills in her hands and confronted her.

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Clay County, Kentucky has a reputation for corrupt government. After years of federal investigations and numerous authorities landing in jail, each progressive revelation becomes that much less shocking. But this one still packs a punch.

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People can't buy heroin or cocaine online, but a few clicks of the mouse gets them darned close.

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Imagine if a comedian "joked" that Obama was a terrorist who was guilty of treason and should be tortured and allowed to die. There would justifiably be an outcry.

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Rush Limbaugh defends terrorism

Rush Limbaugh has finally revealed his true colors. He is on record blasting President Obama for his decision to take down the three pirates that were terrorizing an American ship.

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It appears the Democrats' plan to enshrine Rush Limbaugh as the true "de facto leader" of the GOP is having its very own trickle-down effect.

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Reversing Rush's Revisionist Medical History: How Reality Meshes With His Drug Use Timeline

This article started as a response to a Dittohead (as Rush Limbaugh fans obligingly call themselves) insisting to me that Rush Limbaugh's illegal use of the drug Oxycontin did not pre-date his hearing loss and, instead, his illegal use was initiated by the pain from his cochlear …

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Super Rush Limbaugh Saving America

While President Obama does everything he thinks will prevent the American financial system, as well as the automobile industry, from falling apart, Rush Limbaugh tries to save us by telling America that Obama and the Democrats are going to ruin the country.

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200,000 dollars to off Rush.

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A man was been arrested after police said he used counterfeit money to purchase fake OxyContin pills from an undercover officer.

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The man in charge of medical care for Sacramento County Jail inmates has bailed out of jail on suspicion of writing bogus prescription for OxyContin, a powerful prescription painkiller. Dr.

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The delay in arresting Sherry Johnston--mother of 18 year-old Levi Johnston who sired Gov. Palin's first grandson Tripp--seems to smack of favoritism, charges a drug investigator with the Alaska State Troopers.

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Johnston is the mother of 18-year-old Levi Johnston. Gov. Sarah Palin announced in September that her 18-year-old daughter Bristol was pregnant and Johnston was the father.

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THE rambunctious extended family of Sarah Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska who ran for US vice-president, produced a fresh scandal this weekend when the mother of her daughter's fiancé was arrested on drug charges.

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PINELLAS PARK - Within an hour of robbing a CVS pharmacist at knifepoint early Saturday, a 26-year-old Seminole man told his mother, who promptly turned him in, police said.

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The Truth About Painkillers By Maia Szalavitz for MSN Health & Fitness Freelance

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Dr. Benjamin Malalang admitted to them that he has been trading prescriptions for sexual favors Malalang, who specializes in acupuncture, is now accused of serious drug charges.

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According to statistics compiled by the Partnership for a Drug Free America, nearly one in five teens, or a staggering 4.5 million kids age 12-19, reportedly abused prescription medications to get high last year.

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Several Kentucky counties filed suit on Thursday against the makers of the potent painkilling drug OxyContin, charging that abusers of "hillbilly heroin" have filled state jails and treatment centers.

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Americans are using painkillers more than ever before, according to data from US Drug Enforcement Administration & a recent article from the Associated Press. The volume of 5 major painkillers sold and distributed in the United States b has risen by 90 % between 1997 & 2007.

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Ronald McIver is a prisoner in a medium-security federal compound in Butner, N.C. He is 63 years old, of medium height and overweight, with a white Santa Claus beard, white hair and a calm, direct and intelligent manner.

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