Tag: medication

As Calls For Change On The Opioid Crisis Reach A Fever Pitch, Here Is A Look At Just How Bad It Has Gotten

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As Calls For Change On The Opioid Crisis Reach A Fever Pitch, Here Is A Look At Just How Bad It Has Gotten
Just How Bad Is The Opioid Crisis? Here Is A Snapshot Of An Epidemic The U.S. has suffered numerous drug crises over the course of its history, real and manufactured. From the ban on absinthe at the turn of the last century–a case against which built almost solely on the story of one mentally unbalanced man who went on a three-day absinthe bender and murdered his family–to Prohibition, to Harry Anslinger’s reefer madness of the 1930s (which lingers to this day) to the parallel crack and powder cocaine epidemics of the 1980s and 1990s that resulted in such different outcomes for their respective users, Americans are no strangers to drug-related problems.… Read the rest

Prescription Boom Consequences: Medications Turning Up Everywhere: In Soil, In Fish, Even In Plants

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Prescription Boom Consequences: Medications Turning Up Everywhere: In Soil, In Fish, Even In Plants
How The Us Love Affair With Prescription Meds Is Insinuating Itself Into Our Soil, Our Fish And Even Our Plants America, we need to talk: you have a drug problem. Medications are everywhere, you don’t even bother to hide it anymore. You leave them out for anyone to see; you are toxic with them. You have so many drugs running through you, you could be Keith Richards’ stand-in for a Rolling Stones video shoot.… Read the rest

FDA Says Two Diabetes Drugs Are Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Attack

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FDA Says Two Diabetes Drugs Are Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Attack
When The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease: Two Diabetes Drugs Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Attack Why do they always find these things out after its far too late? In yet another case that looks suspiciously as if the FDA rushed through approval for an experimental, seemingly revolutionary new drug, the agency is issuing a belated warning about unintended consequences in the form of dangerous side effects.… Read the rest