Heroin on Pace to Kill More Ohioans Than Prescription Painkillers

Heroin on pace to kill more Ohioans than prescription painkillers
But that drop came as heroin deaths jumped nearly 60 percent, from 426 to 680, signaling what Northeast Ohio Media Group reported in September: many people who formerly abused prescription painkillers have flocked to heroin. (See chart below). "We need …
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Risks Of Popular Anxiety Drugs Often Overshadowed
More than four decades later, benzos — including Valium, Xanax, Klonopin and Ativan — are used to treat anxiety, mood disorders and insomnia. Dr. Michael Kelley, the medical director of the behavioral department at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center …
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Medicare Kept Paying Indicted, Sanctioned Doctors
But the indictment and Medicaid suspensions didn't deter Medicare from continuing to allow the doctors to treat elderly and disabled patients — and didn't stop the physicians from billing taxpayers for their services. In 2012, Medicare paid Greenbain …
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