Drug addiction statistics 2010

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Avatar n tn I am hoping to reach others who are suffering from, or have a family member/friend suffering from Ultram addiction: I lost my brother on July 9, 2008....he committed suicide. Why? ULTRAM!!!! Yes, my brother suffered with his addiction to Ultram for 12+ years. He tried to get help several times, but was unsuccessful. This horrible drug took ahold of his life and wouldn't let go! He tried to quit so many times....
Avatar m tn In Staten Island, again where I live, about 45 people get diagnosed each year, with it being one of the lowest even across New York State and of the people that are involved here, me, the girl, and my partner, we are all white and 17. HIV statistics state that 7 people in our age group with white skin were reported with an HIV diagnosis in 2010.
1794638 tn?1345155061 Hepatitis C is a reportable disease. All Hepatitis C diagnoses must be reported by the doctor, health care professional, or health care facility that recieves the results. I don't know if they are required to be notified of cures, but they do have statistics on cures so maybe they do. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001929.htm "Reportable diseases are diseases considered to be of great public health importance.
Avatar f tn You will find a lot of information on this protease inhibitor regarding those who have been in trials, statistics and when the drug is expected to be released.
Avatar n tn I lost 30 pounds in 3 months and was in and out of the hospital with my Crohn's disease. My dr prescribed my hydrocodone for the pain. It helped alot but after awhile i felt that it wsn't working anymore as the pain still continued ans currently does. This has been a 2 year on going deal. My dr's have tried everything for my flare ups but all they seem to hand me are pain killers.
1801781 tn?1461629469 http://www.everydayhealth.com/addiction/1101/deaths-from-od-of-rx-painkillers-triple-in-10-years.aspx?xid=aol_eh-news_15_20111031_&aolcat=HLT&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl6%7Csec3_lnk3%7C109406 So,who feels like typing all that in??
Avatar f tn "Somebody" decided (and reported) that this topic on a new potent narcotic drug was meant for the "social" community of substance abusers which is TOTALLY NUTS to me!! If anybody needs to know about what new narcotics are out there waiting to be abused because they have no "abuse deterrent" in them.....drug addicts...recovering or not....surely do! If you read the link given by KBusymom in the original post I referenced...
Avatar m tn Addiction is categorzied by maladaptive behavior that is typically out of character for the person, including doing things that are harmful, without any regard for the consequences, in order to get the drug. Addiction includes mental cravings for the meds, where dependency is almost always just physical in nature. It's important for you to determine which category you would fit into, if indeed this is even a concern for you.
Avatar n tn It was given out like aspirin. It is very unfortunate that it became a schedule one drug, with the drug enforcement administration tracking down phjysicians who prescribe it. Valium does degrade situational awareness as well as intellectual acuity, and may interfere with driving safety, although that is more of a problem for the first time user. I have used it (prescribed by a physician) rarely, when under extreme stress, and then only for a day or two, and never became addicted.
1283286 tn?1312911966 http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/12/fda-oks-drug-to-fight-opiate-addiction/?hpt=Sbin Doctors who treat drug addicts have a new option at their fingertips, thanks to a decision Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA gave its blessing to an injectable medicine, Vivitrol, as a treatment for opiate addiction. That's addiction to drugs including heroin as well as powerful prescription painkillers such as OxyContin.
6538759 tn?1386250196 age 12 and older) in 2010 used prescription painkillers non-medically. This staggering number produced 16,651 opioid overdose deaths that year (more than 45 a day) - more OD deaths than from heroin and cocaine combined and up from 4,030 in 1999. There were also 885,348 emergency hospitalizations from overdoses in 2011 vs. 289,498 in 2004. The total cost in health care from painkiller abuse: $72.5 billion. The costs of the average worker’s compensation claim in 2011: $13,000.
10947 tn?1281404252 We hope to launch Tracker Statistics in the near future, which will analyze and calculate various statistics based on the data that you enter into your trackers. For example, we might show the average follicular and luteal phases for the ovulation tracker, or 7-day, 30-day and 90-day trends for the weight tracker. In addition, we might show a list of your most frequent symptoms.
472139 tn?1211332563 My heart goes out to all the people who have to struggle with mental illness and drug addiction throgh no fault of their own but because of their genetic profile.
1195411 tn?1277328333 This is not a safe course of action considering your past history of addiction. The best thing to do is to level with your doctor. Once he aware of your past he should decide on another method of treatment. Keep us posted on what deveops. Best of lick with your pregnancy.
223152 tn?1346978371 Before starting tx number two in 2011 I had to have a Fibroscan in order to qualify for the free drugs from the drug company before they were licenced here. My fibroscan showed 6.7 which was equivalent to F0 - F1 and below the threshold required to qualify. They redid the fibroscan 5 minutes later and got a reading of 7.2 -equivalent to F2 which bought me the golden ticket. so I guess I count as F2. I have a new fibroscan being done in 6 months to see if things have changed now I am SVR.
Avatar m tn I am a 1A. I meant being a 4/cirrhotic with PHT. And I know that statistics are just statistics, but I want to make this darn treatment decision armed with as much info as I can get. And I gotta say the docs haven't been much help (with the exception of HR). Last week Hector posted one of the best links I have visited (for my situation) since I found this board in 06. Although it was a little disheartening ANYBODY that is a stage 4 should view this.
Avatar f tn AND (apparently) was in the hospital due to the drug use... Said that they are now on Methadone (cus the doctor wouldn't prescribe any more pain pills to them) but that they had used there DOC on top of the methadone.... Oh, my GOSH.... what a ficious cycle... Anyhoos, I just wanted to say that just seeing them REALLY OPENED MY EYES as to just how far DOWN you can get from the evils of pill addiction.... So with that said.. for all of you out there in pill land...
Avatar f tn They are combined together to prevent inter-venous abuse of this medication. In the US this Suboxone has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of drug addiction. However many individuals who start using it to treat their addiction, become addicted to Suboxone itself. If you want to find a doctor who prescribes Suboxone to treat opioid addiction all you have to do is go on Suboxone.com website to locate one.