Overprescribed: A Silent Epidemic

Overprescribed: A silent epidemic
They would have found the lethal combination that killed her — Xanax, oxycodone, oxymorphone, Flexeril, Cymbalta, caffeine and Benadryl — all prescribed in her name by five different doctors in two states. … The Center for Prevention and Counseling … Read more on New Jersey Herald

Shining a light on Rx drug abuse
According to the Centers for Disease Control, misuse of prescribed painkillers causes more deaths than cocaine and heroin combined. … Pentis—the brother of Thousand Oaks Police Chief Randy Pentis—announced that the sheriff's department had formed a … Read more on Thousand Oaks Acorn