Opiates Skyrocket in Minnesota | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

Opiates skyrocket in Minnesota | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

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“Clearly, we have all the ingredients of a prescription opiate and heroin epidemic in the state of Minnesota,” said Carol Falkowski, Minnesota's former drug-abuse strategy officer and a national expert on the issue. Dr. David Schultz, the founder and …
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Use of prescription painkillers on rise in Minn.

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The Leech Lake Band reported that about 80 percent of substance-abuse problems on its reservation stemmed from opiate addiction. Dr. David Schultz, founder and medical director of Minneapolis-based MAPS Medical Pain Clinics, said drug companies …
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Novartis Drug Wins U.S. Approval for Cushing's Disease

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“Although surgery tends to be first line therapy to treat Cushing's disease, Signifor is a new treatment option for patients when surgery hasn't worked or isn't an option,” Mary Parks, director of the FDA's division of metabolism and endocrinology …
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Mass traumas ripple across towns — and time – U.S. News

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“The next highest was substance abuse — drug or alcohol — which affected about 10 percent, people who were self-treating their own anxieties. That's about three times higher than you would see in the normal population,” Steiner said. The precise …
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