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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Addicts putting pharmacies under siege - CNN.com

Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- Less than two hours after picking out a man in a police lineup who held up his drugstore, pharmacist Mike Donohue was being robbed.

Again.

The new robber's face was hidden under the hood of a bulky black sweatshirt. He rocked back and forth anxiously, with his right hand planted in his pocket.

Like the other five robbers who had held up Donohue's store before, the man demanded OxyContin, a popular painkiller known for its high abuse potential.

"My technician came back and showed me the note that said, 'Give me your OxyContin. I have a gun,' " Donohue said.

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Opioid-related Overdose Deaths Are a National Epidemic

A report on the increase in unintentional drug overdoses emphasizes the role of nonmedical opioid abuse, but also says physicians share some blame.
A recently released report authored by experts from the CDC, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and Duke University Medical Center shows that in 40% of US states, unintentional drug overdoses kill more people than motor vehicle accidents and suicides.
Calling this trend a “national epidemic,” the authors of the report, published on the website of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, wrote that one potential contributor to the dramatic increase in unintentional overdose deaths in the US in the last two decades is that “psychiatrists and many primary care physicians might not be familiar with existing evidence-based guidelines for opioid prescribing or with programs designed to reduce the abuse of prescription drugs such as state prescription drug monitoring programs.”
A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine news release accompanying the publication of the report noted that prescription opioid pain medications “are driving this overdose epidemic,” with data showing that in 2007 “unintentional deaths due to prescription opioid pain killers were involved in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.”

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Peer Advocacy for Impaired Nurses! Jack Stem, RN

Chemical dependence and substance abuse are the leading public health problems in our society. The average age for a child’s first experiment with controlled substances is between 11-12 years of age! It’s not marijuana or alcohol. It comes from Mom and Dad’s, or Grandma and Grandpa’s medicine cabinet! While addiction was accepted as a disease in the 1950’s, we have yet truly to accept it as a disease. Until we do, and begin treating it as such, the numbers will continue to rise.

Addiction Prevention Education Services, my old web site, has joined with Peer Advocacy for Impaired Nurses, LLC to provide information regarding the disease of addiction. While much of the information is focused on the disease in the nursing professional, there is information and links to information for anyone dealing with substance abuse and chemical dependence in themselves, a loved one, friend, or colleague.

If you or someone you know needs assistance, help is available!

If the problem is life threatening or in need of immediate help:

Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room or treatment center
Suicide Hotline: 800-784-2433

If you recognize the problem is urgent (for help identifying, signs and behaviors)

Call for peer assistance in your state (if a program exists)
Call treatment centers in your area
Call Peer Advocacy for Impaired Nurses, LLC at 513-833-4584

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Jack Stem Dot Com, If you are a nurse dealing with substance abuse or chemical dependence

If you are a nurse dealing with substance abuse or chemical dependence, or know someone who is, visit this site or contact me at jack @ jackstem.com.

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From the site: "
Information about the disease
of addiction, intervention,
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I am a former CRNA and a
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Seminole dentist, doctor accused of writing each other prescriptions for pain pills - St. Petersburg Times

Pinellas deputies accused two doctors of writing each other hundreds of prescriptions for thousands of pills Monday.
Dentist Kevin O'Callaghan and podiatrist Brian Hameroff were arrested Monday after a four-month investigation titled "Operation Doctor Doctor," according to deputies.
Over three years, Hameroff, 39, received 91 prescriptions for 840 hydrocodone pills, 660 lorazepam pills and 1,960 oxycodone pills, deputies said.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Law And Cannabis: Protecting Teens From Future Psychosis?

Smoking pot as a teen may lead to psychosis later on in life. Cannabis is described as an "illicit drug" and is the most used in this category worldwide. Interesting enough, it is not clear whether the link between cannabis and psychosis is direct, or whether it is because people with psychosis use cannabis to self medicate their symptoms.
A Dutch team, where cannabis usage is legal in their country, set out to investigate the association between cannabis use and the incidence and persistence of psychotic symptoms over 10 years. However, the study took place in Germany and involved a random sample of 1,923 adolescents and young adults aged 14 to 24 years.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Is Your Child in Trouble with Drugs? Step One, Get a Screening and Assesment

A screening and assessment is used to get a complete picture of your child’s relationship to drugs to make sure that they will be referred to the right level and type of treatment.

The assessment should be conducted by a certified addiction professional , an Addictionologist, or a doctor who is accredited by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, (ASAM). Problems with addiction are a specialized field and a specialist should be used.

The important part is to make sure you are not operating on emotion alone and are working in conjunction with a trained professional who can assess the degree of the problem and lay out the steps necessary in your child’s care.

An assessment helps determine:

How severe your child’s problem is

The level of treatment the child needs (e.g. early intervention, outpatient, intensive outpatient/partial hospitalization, residential / inpatient services and

The types of services the child needs

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Societal Costs of Prescription Opioid Abuse, Dependence, and Misuse in the United States - Birnbaum - 2011 - Pain Medicine - Wiley Online Library

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Objectives. The objective of this study was to estimate the societal costs of prescription opioid abuse, dependence, and misuse in the United States.
Methods. Costs were grouped into three categories: health care, workplace, and criminal justice. Costs were estimated by 1) quantity method, which multiplies the number of opioid abuse patients by cost per opioid abuse patient; and 2) apportionment method, which begins with overall costs of drug abuse per component and apportions the share associated with prescription opioid abuse based on relative prevalence of prescription opioid to overall drug abuse. Excess health care costs per patient were based on claims data analysis of privately insured and Medicaid beneficiaries. Other data/information were derived from publicly available survey and other secondary sources.

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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Addicts putting pharmacies under siege - CNN.com

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Opioid-related Overdose Deaths Are a National Epidemic

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Peer Advocacy for Impaired Nurses! Jack Stem, RN

Jack Stem Dot Com, If you are a nurse dealing with substance abuse or chemical dependence

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Seminole dentist, doctor accused of writing each other prescriptions for pain pills - St. Petersburg Times

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Law And Cannabis: Protecting Teens From Future Psychosis?

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Is Your Child in Trouble with Drugs? Step One, Get a Screening and Assesment

Friday, March 18, 2011

Societal Costs of Prescription Opioid Abuse, Dependence, and Misuse in the United States - Birnbaum - 2011 - Pain Medicine - Wiley Online Library

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