The news sweeping the AP Wire and all over the net today is on Pfizer's whistleblower winning his case.  That is why this title is drug companies...friends or foes?  As I wrote last week, I gave you the most medicated states in the U.S. and now we are looking at one of the largest manufacturers of medication in the U.S. is being punished for their marketing transgressions.

The story says that a

MSN released an article today discussing America's most medicated states with prescription drugs.  The article starts with this statement, "Much of the American South is ailing, with West Virginia the worst off --at least, if the rate of prescription drug use is any indication.  The state filled 17.7 prescriptions per capita compared to a national average of 11.5.  Alabama, South Carolina,

With the unfortuante tragedy of Michael Jackson, prescription abuse is once again in the highlight specifically doctors giving prescription drugs to their patients.  The Northwest Herald gave a statistic that in 2007 between the ages 12-17 prescription drugs were the second most abused drugs.  The article also mentions that just because a doctor prescribes them DOES NOT always mean they are

Could our government actually be seeing the truth to the many prescription painkillers available on our market?  I hope so as The Knoxville News reported the FDA has denied a new prescription painkiller, Acurox.  The drug company says that Acurox is designed to deter common methods of misuse and disuse, but then the article mentions this painkiller includes Oxycodone, one of the most abused

Hi everyone and thank you for reading another entry of my Christian Drug Rehab Substance Abuse Treatment Center blog.  A newsworthy item today,  KPAX TV released a news story on perscription drug abuse.  The first sentence of this story says, "It's the second cause of accidental death in the nation..."  "The recent report says prescription drug abuse costs public and private medical insurers just

Good morning and thanks for stopping by to read another entry of my Christian Drug Rehab Substance Abuse Treatment Center blog.  Today's topic is on a new article on antidepressants.  This story comes from California and during this woman's pregnancy, she was taking antidepressants.  Overall, the story says that her daughter was born premature as well as having a heart condition and

Thank you for reading another entry to my Christian Drug Rehab Substance Abuse Treatment Center blog.  A news story released today from Albany stating that their prescription drug abuse is going to exceed meth abuse.  The story says that the biggest market for painkiller abusers are nurses, doctors, and doctor office staff.  If these are the individuals who are mostly abusing these drugs, then