Judge acquits ex-Air Force nurse accused of killing 3 patients...the pain of patients who were waiting to die. They said he knowingly administered lethal amounts of painkillers like fentanyl and morphine. One of the alleged victims, an 83-year-old man, died after Fontana took over for another nurse... |
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Wilford Hall nurse cleared of murder chargesFontana , 36, of San Antonio , had been accused of injecting three elderly patients on end-of-life care with lethal doses of morphine or fentanyl , a painkiller. After the verdict was announced, Fontana said he never did anything to dishonor... |
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Inquirer Local and Regional News | 15 hours ago
An out-of-work S. Philly guy.
He said he planned to enroll in nursing school. "I like helping people. Bringing somebody a beer is like bringing someone two Tylenol." Murray , who has lived in the city for 19 years, has waited tables at such places as the Prime Rib...
In this article: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Legal age, Pizza, Tax, Unemployment, Tylenol, and Meredith Vieira
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CBS | 16 hours ago
Decision nears in Wilford Hall deaths
... Pedro Lucero , a critical care physician at Brooke Army Medical Center and an expert witness for the government, said the 70 milligrams of morphine Gray received in two doses 70 minutes apart caused her death. But Dr. Robert Bux , a forensic...
In this article: God, Fentanyl, Allegation, Anxiety, and Paralysis
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
For bubbly Va. 6-year-old, swine flu's attack came quick and strong
...was positive. It was just something going around, Sparrow said she was told. The doctor told Sparrow to take Heaven home, give her Tylenol and chicken broth, and let her rest. Sparrow 's panicked husband held the phone to the child's...
In this article: FLU, Virginia, Cough, and Anthony Fauci
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Reuters | 2 days ago
UPDATE 2-Lorillard starts CEO succession review
... Newport , Kent , Maverick and True cigarettes, has occasionally been mentioned as a takeover target. Newport is the leader in the menthol cigarette market, a segment that has come under scrutiny by antismoking advocates. Menthol -flavored...
In this article: Menthol, Lorillard, Newport, Tobacco, Loews Corp, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Stock Exchange, and Food and Drug Administration
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
That lingering cough
...on Infectious Diseases. He said that as long as I'd kept them home until their temperature had been back to normal, without help from Tylenol , for 24 hours, it was fine to let them loose without fear that they'd infect others. That...
In this article: Cough, Tylenol, Dartmouth Medical School, and Multiple sclerosis
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Reuters | 3 days ago
Pain drug morphine may accelerate cancer growth
...inhibit the progression of lung cancer ," Singleton said in a telephone interview. He said several studies have begun to show that opiate -based pain drugs stimulate cancer cell growth and foster the spread of cancers. A key study in...
In this article: Cancer, Morphine, Methylnaltrexone, Opiate, Lung cancer, Wyeth, Constipation, and Pfizer Inc
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 3 days ago
Legal drugs blamed for four Lamar County deaths
...the same house three hours apart - had unintentionally taken too much of their prescribed pain medications: fentanyl , hydrocodone or oxycodone. "There is no evidence of a connection between the instances other than the location of the first...
In this article: Lamar County, Alprazolam, Oxycodone, Methadone, and Hydrocodone
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 3 days ago
Dose of reality in revelations of jail drug use
...programs may continue them in jail. Loddon Prison at Castlemaine had about one in 10 prisoners on ORT last year. The synthetic opiate buprenorphine , dispensed in many jails as a tablet, is popular with prisoners, especially if they want to...
In this article: William Burroughs, Opiate, Heroin, Hepatitis, Dog, Buprenorphine, Amphetamine, Methadone, and Melbourne
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CBS | 3 days ago
Trial begins for accused Air Force nurse
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The Seattle Times | 5 days ago
Alkermes' Vivitrol succeeds in opiate study
Originally published Monday, November 16, 2009 at 7:35 AM Alkermes ' Vivitrol succeeds in opiate study Alkermes Inc. said a late stage clinical trial shows its drug Vivitrol , which is used to help alcoholics quit drinking, also helped...
In this article: Alkermes Inc., Naltrexone, Opiate, Insomnia, and Heroin
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Charleston Gazette | 5 days ago
Dunbar man charged with drug possession
After determining that none of the men knew anyone in the apartment building, deputies conducted a search and discovered a plastic Tylenol bottle containing what appeared to be crack cocaine in the posession of 25-year-old Jabryan D....
In this article: Crack cocaine, Tylenol, Charleston, and West Virginia
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Midland Daily News | 7 days ago
$150,000 of drugs dumped in collection effort
...took advantage of the effort coming in each day. They dropped off medications including Fentanyl patches, Oxycontin , methadone , morphine , Vicodin and others. One bottle contained 240 Vicodin pills. There was enough medication to fill five...
In this article: Vicodin, Fentanyl, Oxycontin, Morphine, Methadone, Heroin, and Facebook
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 13, 2009
Sandy man gets probation for leaving drug near baby
...had pleaded guilty to third-degree felony child neglect for the Jan. 29 incident, where the boy swallowed Suboxone , a drug used to help opiate -dependent patients during rehabilitation. Third District Judge Mark Kouris suspended a...
In this article: Suboxone, Opiate, and Primary Children's Medical Center
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The Seattle Times | November 12, 2009
Cephalon, Barr settle Fentora dispute
... Cephalon said it will give Barr a non-exclusive, royalty-free right to sell a generic version of Fentora in October of 2018. Cephalon said the patent is not set to expire until 2019. Barr is now part of Israel -based Teva Pharmaceutical...
In this article: Cephalon Inc., Fentora, Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Securities and Exchange Commission, Pennsylvania, and U.S.
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Reuters | November 12, 2009
UPDATE 1-Cephalon, Barr settle patent infringement suit
* Cephalon , Barr end Fentora patent dispute * Agreement gives Barr right to enter market in 2018 * Deal does not resolve litigation with Watson Updates with details) Cephalon Inc <CEPH.O> said on Thursday it has come to an agreement...
In this article: Barr Pharmaceuticals, Fentora, Cephalon, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, United States, and Israel
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Medical News Today | November 10, 2009
NSAIDs Prevent Early Sign Of Alzheimer Disease In Mice
...a potential explanation for observations in humans: retrospective studies indicate long-term NSAID use is protective against AD, whereas prospective NSAID clinical trials have been unsuccessful in patients with mild to moderate AD. TITLE:...
In this article: Alzheimer disease, Nsaids, Naproxen, Ibuprofen, State University, Cleveland, and New Jersey
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Reuters | November 04, 2009
Most who OD on prescription opiates took methadone
...the authors of the report, that people on Medicaid are twice as likely as those on private insurance to be prescribed opiates. And methadone , long used to treat heroin addiction, is increasingly being prescribed as a cheap painkiller;...
In this article: Opiate, Medicaid, Methadone, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Reuters Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Washington
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Medical News Today | November 02, 2009
Covidien Receives FDA Approval For Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate Product
...increased risk of misuse, abuse or diversion. Schedule II opioid substances which include morphine , oxycodone , hydromorphone , oxymorphone , and methadone have the highest potential for abuse and risk of fatal overdose due to respiratory...
In this article: Covidien, Opioid, Fentanyl, FDA, Cancer, Pharmaceutical, Depression, Oxycodone, Morphine, and Hydromorphone


