How Is Prescription Drug Abuse Treated?

Published May 9, 2013

How Is Prescription Drug Abuse Treated? – Prescription drug abuse is far more prevalent than illegal drug abuse. Sharecare addiction expert Mike Dow explains how prescription drug addiction is treated.

Brooke Mueller in hospital for prescription drug abuse, confirms rep

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"Brooke will be [at UCLA Medical Center] for several more days, and will likely transition directly into a residential treatment facility to get help for prescription drug abuse." Brooke Mueller outside BOA steakhouse Los Angeles. © WENN. Brooke …
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Prescription drug abuse by teens up sharply: study

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One-in-four teens in the study said they had misused or abused a prescription drug at least once. That's up sharply, a 33 percent increase, in the last five years. One-in-eight teens report misusing or abusing the drugs Ritalin or Adderall …
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Schumer wants tighter controls on hydrocodone to combat abuse of prescription …

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Schumer wants to reclassify hydrocodone as a schedule II drug, due to its high risk for abuse and addiction. Schumer's Safe Prescribing Act of 2013 would reclassify the drug and put new federal restrictions on the drug, including requiring that a …
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