Local United Way and FamilyWize Help Community Save on Prescription Drugs

Published September 15, 2013

Local United Way and FamilyWize Help Community Save on Prescription Drugs – The United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley has partnered with FamilyWize and participating pharmacies to help the community save money on medication with t…

New York State Law Aimed At Ending Prescription Drug Abuse Takes Effect

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Timothy — “an all-American, straight-A student” from Long Island — was prescribed large doses of powerful painkillers to help with headaches. “Percocets to Vicodins to ultimately oxycodones,” she said. Timothy later turned to street drugs, which took …
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NH gets grant to help monitor prescription drugs

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CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire's attorney general reported the state will get a $ 400,000 federal grant to electronically monitor prescription drug use and abuse. Attorney General Joseph Foster said the U.S. Department of Justice is awarding the grant to …
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Women and Prescription Drugs: The Gender Gap Tightens

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Why are women, in particular, succumbing to prescription drug abuse? Women's fondness for prescription drugs has a long history, reaching back to the 1960s and 70s when"Mother's Little Helper" (Valium) was over-prescribed to help women cope with the …
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