MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hydrocodone'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813326&cid=t_149271_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2011%2F05%2F10%2Fthe-crap-people-send-me%2F I got the following email from "Pat" concerning a "pain contrtact." One side of me wants to say, you're an addict and you need help from a few different doctors. One side of me wants to say this poor woman's pain is being under treated by her physician. Still yet, one side, the prevailing side, doesn't give a flying f.. I present this email for your amusement. Readers, please tell her what you think. I get so many emails/contact notes from folks like this, that I no longer take the time to respond. It is up to this community to cull its nuts.   From: pat <d********y@yahoo.com> Subject: Pain Contrtact Title: Technician Message Body: Dear Sir, it is with deep shame, and not a little fear, that I compose this message. I'm a woman in her late thirties, and I'm a Pharmacy Tech. I als... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813326 Wed, 11 May 2011 04:04:04 +0100 4813326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2075350&cid=t_149271_151_f&fid=36896&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSuboxoneTalkZone%2F%7E3%2F500618749%2F An interesting case from a reader: Thanks Doc for your efforts. I appreciate you. I am a four year hydrocodone addict 55 years old. I became addicted when I used the drug for an injured cervical disc. A couple of years ago I found out about suboxone and got in touch with a Dr. in Tulsa who prescribed it for me. I waited until I thought I was in withdrawl..about twenty hours and took my first dose. I became dizzy, nausiated, numb and all I could do was make it to the bedroom where my nausea eased a bit…I never vomited. I lay there for ten hours in a numbed state half in and out of sleep. The next day I was fine. The Dr. said I took it too early. So, I waited a week without any hydros and took another pill and got the same results. The Dr. said to flush them and I did. Two years later ... Suboxone Talk Zone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2075350 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:57:48 +0100 2075350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1852739&cid=t_149271_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F410350224%2F The big distributor was charged with failing to report suspicious sales of hydrocodone, which is a violation under the Controlled Substances Act, despite repeated warnings, according to the US Drug Enforcement Agency. The med was later distributed to pharmacies that filled illegitimate prescriptions from rogue Internet pharmacies. Drugmakers and distributors are required to monitor and report suspicious orders of controlled substances. But the DEA says Cardinal allowed the diversion of millions of dosage units of hydrocodone, which is the generic name of a prescription painkiller that is classified under federal narcotics law as a Schedule III controlled substance. Cardinal’s “negligent conduct contributed to our nation’s serious pharmaceutical abuse problem,” Miche... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1852739 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:12:17 +0100 1852739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303311&cid=t_149271_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F251581585%2Ffda_alert_on_tussionex.html The U.S Food and Drug Administration issued an alert on the safe use of Tussionex Pennkinetic Extended Release Suspension. The alert is in reposnse to numerous reports of adverse events including death due to improper use of the product.The prescription cough medicine contains hydrocodone, which is a narcotic, and the antihistamine chlorpheniramine... (Source: PharmaGazette) PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303311 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:00:10 +0100 1303311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=911904&cid=t_149271_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F162491739%2Funapproved_hydrocodone_products_marketing_stopped_by_fda.html The FDA announced that it will take enforcement action against companies who manfucture unapproved prescription drug products that contain hydrocodone.Hydrocodone, one of the strongest pain relief and cough suppressants, can result in breathing problems or cardiac arrest when used improperly. Manufacturing and distribution of unapproved hydrocodone products to children under the age of 6 must end by October 31, 2007. Marketing of other unapproved hydrocodone products must cease being produced by December 31, 2007 and must cease to be shipped by March 31, 2008. The FDA warns that legal action could be taken against those who do not comply by failing to meet the deadlines. (Source: PharmaGazette) PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=911904 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:10:33 +0100 911904