Pain Relief Network

The Mission of the Abigail Alliance :
To help cancer patients and others with life threatening illnesses.
To educate the public on the need to have more expanded access and compassionate use programs for developmental cancer drugs and other developmental drugs for cancer patients and other patients that have run out of conventional treatment options.
Develop creative ways […]

Abstract
Our current conception of addiction is a historical anomaly, one that has arisen independent of laboratory or epidemiological data about drug use. This concept has never reflected actual patterns of heroin use, and it currently does no better at describing cocaine use. Neither this vision of heroin addiction nor an equally popular, complimentary model […]

Dec 19, 2006
Author Unknown
The New York Times
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Tuesday proposed sterner warning labels for acetaminophen, aspirin and ibuprofen, again cautioning millions of Americans who take the nonprescription pain relievers regularly of potentially serious side effects.
The over-the-counter drugs remain safe and effective when used as directed, the Food and Drug Administration […]

Dec 19, 2006
Author Unknown
Insidebayarea.com
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay for a study involving a computer program that would give doctors, pharmacists, and in some cases law officers online access to medical records.
It’s an attempt to curb the abuse of prescription narcotics by monitoring drug distribution in a way that would enable a doctor or pharmacist […]

Dec 15, 2006
Author Unknown
Emeraldcoast.com
A Federal Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging a Panama City physician and the office manager of his medical practice with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and unlawful dispensing of controlled substances.
Dr. John Q. Durfey, 77, and Rhonda K. Fenwick, 47, both of Panama […]

Dec 15, 2006
By Ron Word
The Associated Press
Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that officials botched the insertion of the needles during the execution of a convicted killer earlier this week.
The execution took 34 minutes twice as long as normal because officials botched the insertion of the needles […]