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ACLU NM: Walgreens assures on birth pill policy
January 23, 2013 12:54 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Walgreens won't allow individual pharmacists' personal religious beliefs to prevent customers from filling birth control prescriptions, two New Mexico advocacy groups have announced. The Deerfield, Ill.-based company told the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southwest Women's Law Center that the company will take steps nationwide... more » -
Instead of a recall, company accused of buying up defective pills
June 1, 2010 1:58 PM
Congressional Democrats are investigating an alleged phantom recall by Johnson & Johnson, in which the company hired a contractor to buy up defective painkillers instead of issuing an immediate recall. The company's handling of problems with its Motrin tablets came to light last week at a Congressional hearing to... more » -
Dead CSU student's blood alcohol level was .212
May 19, 2010 10:18 AM
Coroner's officials say a Colorado State University student who died from a drug and alcohol overdose had a blood alcohol level of .212, more than double the legal limit to drive. Twenty-year-old John Hunter Hauck is the son of former Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter, who was the first... more » -
Colorado school considers random drug testing
April 27, 2010 10:43 AM
Windsor High School officials are considering whether to use random alcohol and drug testing to cut abuse by students. A meeting was planned on the proposal at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the high school's cafeteria. School district officials say they've been exploring the idea for the last two years and... more » -
You could be drinking medicines washed down the shower
March 28, 2010 10:51 AM
Just by showering or bathing, you may be adding to the growing concentrations of medicines, hormones, and other health care products polluting the nation's water supply, a new study shows. Experts have suspected that our drinking water supply was being contaminated by what we flush down the toilet, Dr.... more » -
Death row inmate overdosed on pills
March 8, 2010 12:43 PM
Ohio authorities say a death row inmate who was found unconscious in his cell two days before his scheduled execution likely overdosed on pills. Prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn says 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was found late Sunday unconscious in his cell at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown. Walburn... more » -
Group urges recall of drug for fibromyalgia
January 20, 2010 11:27 AM
A consumer advocacy group is asking government regulators to recall a drug they approved last year for a little-understood pain ailment, saying the pill can lead to dangerously high blood pressure. A letter Wednesday from Public Citizen calls on the Food and Drug Administration to pull Savella off the market,... more » -
Pills for pets abused by people
January 18, 2010 11:10 AM
People are abusing a drug designed for pets and veterinarians say they feel under siege. "It worries you because everyone of us are susceptible," Dr. Jason Rodgers with Lone Oak Animal Clinic said. The drug is a painkiller for your pets and could be the next go-to drug for... more » -
Alarming weight gain seen in kids on psych drugs
October 28, 2009 12:02 PM
A worrisome effect is emerging for children on widely used psychiatric drugs -- major weight gain and obesity. A new study says many kids pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks of taking such drugs. Dr. Christopher Varley, a psychiatrist with Seattle Children's Hospital,... more » -
FDA: 'limited' benefit with tamper-proof OxyContin
September 22, 2009 10:51 AM
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. Purdue Pharma LP says a plastic-like coating on the tablets makes them harder to crush and snort or inject. Food and Drug Administration scientists... more »
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