Tag: pill mills
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Four pain clinics already closed as ‘pill mill’ bill takes effect; Beshear says nine more haven’t applied, will be investigated
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Just days after new legislation has taken effect to combat prescription drug abuse, four pain clinics in Kentucky say they will close, Gov. Steve...
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To implement law aimed at prescription drug abuse, licensing boards issue regulations that some say are too expansive
Ambien and Ritalin are among the drugs that will be tracked through the state’s drug monitoring system, with medical licensure boards issuing emergency regulations that are more expansive than originally...
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Tensions mounting as implementation of prescription drug bill nears on July 20
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg,sponsored the prescription drug bill.(Courier-Journal photo) A controversial bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse, which was considered by many as the hallmark of the 2012...
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Prescription pill abuse ‘a holocaust’ in Kentucky, hitting 1 in 16; big drug firms and even well-meaning doctors are to blame
Another in-depth look at Kentucky’s prescription drug abuse problem hit the pages of The Courier-Journal yesterday, this time exploring the history of OxyContin and how well-meaning doctors started over-prescribing opioids in...
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With crackdown on pill abuse, will legitimate patients be able to get the prescriptions they need?
The crackdown on prescription-pill abuse has some patients worried they won’t be able to get the medicine they need because doctors are fearful of over-prescribing. “It’s a huge concern in...
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Couple shares ‘horrible journey’ of prescription drug abuse
Recovering pill addict Stacy Penningtonof Ashland is due to give birth next month.(Courier-Journal photo by Matt Stone) Stacy and James Pennington had to lose everything, including their children and home, before...
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Improvements to Rx monitoring systems worth the expense, study finds; using systems influence doctors’ prescribing decisions
A plan for an ideal prescription drug monitoring system was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, with its authors concluding spending more money to improve systems is...
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State prescription drug databases like KASPER cut back doctor shopping and drug abuse, new study shows
Photo by iStockphoto Research from the University of North Carolina indicates drug databases like the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system do reduce doctor shopping and change prescribing behavior....
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Beshear OKs prescription bill, telling pill mills, ‘Get out of this state’
Saying it couldn’t get to his desk quickly enough, Gov. Steve Beshear signed a bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse in celebration today, warning so-called pill mills to “Get...
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Pill-mill bill passes; attorney general won’t get drug-monitoring system but narcotic-prescribing doctors will have to use it
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, center, walkswith House budget committee chair RickRand and House Majority Floor LeaderRocky Adkins. (Courier-Journal photo). Legislators have sent Gov. Steve Beshear a bill to curb prescription...