New Drug Could Treat Obesity With Prescription Drug

Published April 13, 2014

New drug could treat obesity with prescription drug – For the first time, doctors could treat obesity that same way many other illnesses are treated — with a prescription.

Oklahoma addiction specialist offers tips for recovery
Vorse, 71, also serves as medical director of several residential treatment centers for drug and alcohol abusers in central Oklahoma, and presents addiction medicine seminars for students at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. In two …
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US judge set to rule on drug firm's suit against Massachusetts for painkiller ban
Last month, citing a “public health emergency” prompted by rising deaths due to drug addiction, Patrick (D) barred Zohydro, a controversial prescription drug composed of a pure dose of hydrocodone, the main ingredient in the painkiller Vicodin. Critics …
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Surviving High: The cost of addiction
The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that 620,000 admitted to using heroin and 77 percent surveyed indicated their heroin addiction followed prescription drug abuse. Financially, the great expense of addiction and staying high often …
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