[2] questions about the medical use of marijuana (2/13)

[3] more people abusing Suboxone tabs (10/12)

[4] how to curb the Rx drug abuse epidemic (4/12)
-- Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse
-- CHART
-- Patient Education Handout

[5] Getting the Most Benefit of Your Pain Medication (3/12)

[6] Medicare, DEA, and others will crack down on patients abusing opioids and other controlled substances (3/12)

[7] whether it's possible to test positive for illegal drugs without taking one (2/12)
-- Urine Screening for Drugs of Abuse
-- CHART

[8] two new opioid formulations, Oxecta and Lazanda (10/11)
-- New Formulation: Oxecta (Oxycodone)

[9] A new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) will aim to reduce the misuse of long-acting opioid pain meds (OxyContin, etc) (6/11)
-- REMS for Long-Acting and Extended-Release Opioids
-- CHART

[0] avoid mix-ups with "benzodiazepines" (4/11)
-- Benzodiazepine Toolkit
-- CHART

[-] The latest craze is using "bath salts" to get high (3/11)
-- "Bath Salts" Abuse

[-] More patients will ask you for OxyContin "OC" instead of "OP" (12/10)
-- New OxyContin (Oxycodone Controlled-Release) Formulation
-- CHART

[-] People are abusing some unexpected OTC and Rx meds (11/10)
-- OTC and Rx Drugs of Abuse
-- CHART

[-] new warnings about tramadol abuse and suicide (7/10)
-- New Abuse and Safety Warnings for Tramadol

[-] Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) to combat prescription drug abuse and diversion (7/10)
-- Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
-- CHART

[-] Instant cold packs are now being used to make "crystal meth" or methamphetamine (2/09)
-- Making Methamphetamine with Instant Cold Packs

[-] Requirements for dispensing buprenorphine tablets (Subutex, Suboxone) Rxs are confusing some techs and pharmacists (1/09)
-- Drugs with Special Prescribing and Dispensing Requirements
-- CHART

[-] rumor that tramadol (Ultram, Ultracet, etc) will be scheduled as a controlled substance (1/09)

[-] OTC iodine tincture to make methamphetamine (9/08)

[-] Soma (carisoprodol) will now require a call to the prescriber to verify the strength if it's not written on the prescription (2/08)
-- New Soma (Carisoprodol) Strength

[-] Salvia divinorum is the latest craze in drugs of abuse (11/07)

[-] Some people are abusing Seroquel (quetiapine) (10/07)

[-] ingestion of alcohol-based hand sanitizers (Purell, etc) can cause alcohol poisoning (8/07)
-- Ingestion of Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers

[-] high doses of niacin to beat drug tests (6/07)

[-] dextromethorphan abuse in teens (2/07)

[-] A new test for alcohol may be costing some people their jobs (12/06)

[-] Actiq use and abuse is going up (6/05)

[-] People are asking about drug testing (3/05)
-- Urine Screening for Drugs of Abuse
-- CHART

[-] new national campaign to help stop diversion of common household products to manufacture methamphetamine (8/04)
-- Methamphetamine and the Meth Watch Program

[-] all kinds of tricks to fool tests for illicit drugs (2/03)

[-] teens abusing Coricidin HBP Cough and Cold tablets (3/02)

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