Don’t Abuse Prescription Drugs

Published July 10, 2013

Don’t Abuse Prescription Drugs –

Ritalin shows promise in treating addiction

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

A single dose of a commonly-prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug helps improve brain function in cocaine addiction, according to an imaging study conducted by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Life-saving statin drugs save healthcare systems money, study finds

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

The cholesterol-lowering drugs are widely prescribed to people who have had heart attacks or strokes. They can also help … Dr Alex McConnachie, lead author, said: "Treating relatively healthy, middle-aged men with statins reduced the number of …
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