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Addictions, Clinics, Consultations, Drugs, Healthcare, Healthcare Professionals, Healthcare Services, Rehab, Society, Therapies

Narconon Trois-Rivieres Looks into the Painful Drug Addictions Caused by OxyContin Abuse

When OxyContin was first manufactured, no one knew what type of destruction this particular drug would cause those who got caught up in abusing or misusing the drug. Perdue Pharma L.P. first introduced the drug in 1995 to help people battling cancer, and soon after the drug was being recommended for treating moderate to severe pain cases. When this happened, sales eventually sky rocketed, and in 2003 there were 1.6 billion dollars of worldwide sales. Perdue Pharma were being severely criticized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for its very aggressive marketing tactics and ability to encourage physicians to prescribe the drug.

In the late 1990’s the Chief Coroner of Ontario at that time was noticing more people were dying from prescription drug overdose. When he asked for forensic scientists to review the drug related death files for the past five years, it was found that there was a major increase in deaths where Oxycodone was found in the blood stream. In 2003, there were 101 deaths in Ontario where the person had Oxycodone in their blood stream. The Chief Coroner at the time reported seeing this increase in deaths around the same time that the drug was being aggressively marketed. Many of the people who died where drug abusers, but many of the people who died from accidental overdose or suicide, were prescribed drugs with Oxycodone in it, and OxyContin being the most popular.

Perdue Pharma defended their drug saying it was no different then any other pain medication being marketed. Unfortunately, there was no other documentation of other pain medications causing the same problems at the time. Atlantic Canada was facing similar problems, and still is to this very day. They have been seeing dangerous social problems that have involved OxyContin abuse. In 2003 pharmacies dispensed over 2.8 million prescriptions for drugs containing Oxycodone in Canada, mainly Ontario, and the most popular was OxyContin. For more information call, 1-877-782-7409, or visit the web site at, http://narconon.ca/

(Ref: Works Cited CTV.ca News Staff “Deadly Prescriptions” CTV.ca 10 Jan. 2005:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1105144562644_1/?hub=Wfive)

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Substance Abuse Rehabilitation in the Finest Luxury Facility

Sunset Malibu, an exclusive treatment center on the California coast, has long been a transformational force in the field of rehabilitation and recovery. Now, Sunset is announcing its redoubled efforts to provide its clients with a private and dignified healing experience.

Addiction is a crippling disease. To succumb to Substance Abuse is to be stripped of one’s self-esteem, and one’s sense of self-control. The logical corollary, of course, is that addiction treatment must first aim to help patients learn to feel good about themselves again. In the end, there’s no other route to sustained and sustainable recovery.

That concern for emotional well-being lies at the heart of Sunset Malibu’s treatment philosophy.

With its world-class caregivers and elegant accommodations, Sunset Malibu is an unparalleled recovery destination. The center has always catered to upscale residents from every corner of the globe. Now Sunset is renewing its commitment to its core values, with the goal of delivering self-affirming care to individuals who seek it. At Sunset Malibu, the client’s feelings always come first.

“Our clients invariably come to us with negative self-concepts,” says Sunset Malibu owner Richard Taite. “Our first job is to help them see themselves in a new light. With our advanced dual-diagnosis techniques and intensive depression treatment programs, we’ve had great success in creating the right kind of change.”

It’s that kind of success that is precisely what separates Sunset from its competitors.

It’s one thing for a treatment facility to pay lip service to the importance of psychological healing. It’s quite another for that facility to actually put principle into practice. Many of the most high-priced treatment clinics in Los Angeles only superficially address the emotional needs of their residents—with disastrous consequences for those residents and their families.

Taite argues that those kinds of shortcomings are absolutely inexcusable.

“Rehab is a life and death issue,” Taite said. “At Sunset Malibu, we understand that. We know what’s at stake in the fight against addiction, and we commit ourselves to honoring the trust our clients put in us. As we see it, no inferior level of service is ever acceptable.”

Addiction is a pernicious and destructive foe. It is not, however, an unconquerable one. Sunset Malibu’s long record of success proves that effective rehabilitation really does change lives. For Sunset’s successful graduates, that lesson has made all the difference in the world.

Contact Details: Sunset Malibu is a luxury Substance Abuse Treatment center located in Malibu, California. For further details about Sunset’s treatment strategies, accommodations, or other general facts about Substance Abuse Rehab, please call 1-800-332-9202 or visit our Web site at http://www.drugrehabsunsetmalibu.com.

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Addiction Recovery at an Unparalleled Recovery Destination

Sunset Malibu, an exclusive treatment center on the California coast, has long been a transformational force in the field of rehabilitation and recovery. Now, Sunset has redoubled its efforts to help its residents learn to heal themselves.

Addiction treatment isn’t a spectator sport. On the contrary, rehab patients must play active roles in their own recovery. The catch, of course, is that those patients need ample support in the fight against addiction—which explains why the most successful treatment centers are those which first aim to empower their clients. In the end, it is the only proven way to ensure the effectiveness of the healing process.

Those considerations are at the heart of Sunset Malibu’s treatment philosophy.

With its world-class caregivers and elegant accommodations, Sunset Malibu is an unparalleled recovery destination. The center has always catered to upscale residents from every corner of the globe, whether they are seeking treatment for alcoholism or even Addiction Cure.

Now Sunset is renewing its commitment to its core values, with the goal of delivering empowering support to individuals who seek it. At Sunset Malibu, the client always comes first.

“Real recovery has to occur from the inside out,” said Sunset Malibu owner Richard Taite. “No one can help you if you refuse to be helped, and no one can heal if you lack the strength to heal yourself. Our treatment programs at Sunset Malibu are specially designed to give residents the skills and strength they’ll need to get where they’re trying to go.”

That focus on personal strength and self-efficacy is precisely what sets Sunset apart from its competitors.

There are plenty of “luxury” treatment facilities in California. All of them make bold promises to their clients, and many really do have the best interests of their residents at heart. Unfortunately, far too many exclusive clinics lead their patients to believe that rehab can or should be a passive process. More often than not, this sort of misleading rhetoric dooms those patients to long-term failure.

Under the circumstances, says Taite, those kinds of shortcomings are absolutely unforgivable.

“Our clients look to us for life-saving care,” Taite said. “We owe it to them and to their loved ones to live up to our responsibility. That’s why we’re so firmly committed to delivering holistic and empowering care, with everything from specialized depression treatment to advanced emotional counseling programs.”

Addiction ruins lives. Addiction treatment can help to solve the problem, but only if it’s specially designed to help victims win the fight on their own terms. Sunset Malibu has long been recognized for its commitment to its individual clients. As those clients have learned firsthand, there’s no more effective approach to the healing process.

Sunset Malibu is a Pain Killer Addiction cure center located in Malibu, California. For further details about Sunset’s treatment strategies, accommodations, or other general facts about the Residential Inpatient Treatment Center, please call 1-800-332-9202 or visit our Web site at http://www.drugrehabsunsetmalibu.com.

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Three Alternative Scenarios of the Future In Vitro Diagnostics Market, 2009-2018

Venture Planning Group is pleased to announce completion of the new multiclient study, “Three Alternative Scenarios of the Future In Vitro Diagnostics Market, 2009-2018.” The report is designed to assist executives in the diagnostics industry in formulating policy alternatives that will provide the best choice among possible courses of action.

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The major thrust of the study is to clarify future consequences of the current developments in the absence of unforeseeable events, and expose the very different actions and policies that would be required by diagnostic product suppliers if the market moves in any of the three directions.

Each scenario is built around a specific theme with a particular set of assumptions. Business-As-Usual Scenario assumes that the current trends will continue without significant interruptions. Economic Austerity Scenario is predicated upon a significant rise in cost-containment pressures by all payers determined to drastically curtail not only the intensity of health care services, but the size of the industry as well. Technological Breakthroughs Scenario assumes a series of successful developments and commercialization of a number of diagnostic technologies and products occurring during 2009-2018.

This study will help diagnostics industry executives and companies planning to diversify into the diagnostics field to bring about more flexible planning, reduce surprises, and add to ways of improving the ability to cope with the future.

Please visit www.vpgcorp.com to review this and over 5,000 other innovative market research reports from VPG and other world’s leading publishing companies.

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Lower prices, legitimate dealers ultimate goal of ePharmacies.com

ePharmacies.com, a website dedicated to promoting legitimate online pharmacies, announced today that after considerable research, they have determined that they provide the best fulfillment services on the net for prescriptions. In addition, because they represent more than one Online pharmacy, their prices are among the best available anywhere.

Cary Byrd, ePharmacies.com president, said that staying current with prices and availability is only one advantage of using the site as a pharmacy search source.

“In our research, we discovered that our competition usually has outdated pharmacy sources and drug prices,” Byrd said. “Plus, the pharmacies they use are usually not pre-screened. “ Byrd added that ePharmacies.com works exclusively with pharmacies and suppliers who have gone through the company’s third-party approval process.”

“In order to be accepted by the ePharmacies.com network, pharmacies must be licensed by the proper governing authorities,” Byrd added. “We also require independent, third-party verification of pharmacy licensing and standards by organizations such as the Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA), Manitoba International Pharmacists Association (MIPA), National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), PharmacyChecker.com and the Better Business Bureau.”

Byrd said that the reason for so much security is quite simple: there are way too many scam artists out there selling phony prescriptions or lower-quality medicines and passing them off as brand-name prescriptions or high-quality generics.

“90 percent of the online pharmacies in Canada might better be classified as scam artists,” Byrd Said. “We’ve tracked several down to third world slums.”

These phony pharmacists may not know what they’re selling, but they’re very good at looking legitimate.

“Many simply put a fake government seal on the homepage of their website, and people think they’re dealing with a legitimate company,” Byrd said.

Byrd says the other goal of epharmacies.com is a bit more pragmatic: the site wants to save its customers money. The membership-only site is designed to save members an average of 50 percent on their prescription drug purchases – starting with their very first order. Members report saving up to 80 percent off U.S. retail prices. The site’s state-of-the-art comparison-shopping search engine connects shoppers with the most reputable online pharmacies. Both brand name and generic prescriptions are available, and prices are updated daily.

Memberships start at $24.97 per month, with considerable discounts for both quarterly and annual memberships. Annual memberships cost less than $90. It’s the lowest price structure in the online pharmacy business – and Byrd is very proud of that.

“We’re not trying to make a lot of money off of our customers before they buy anything,” Byrd said. “We want our members to save money where it really counts – on their prescriptions.”

For more than six years, ePharmacies.com has been helping customers worldwide to save money on top quality brand name and generic prescription drugs. As an independent investigation site, it is dedicated to exposing all Online pharmacy scams and helping customers to find the Best online pharmacy to fit their needs.

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Pharmacy Shoppers Find Lower Prices, Trusted Dealers at ePharmacies.com

Shoppers at Online pharmacies have a friend in ePharmacies.com. The six-year-old online service is dedicated to helping customers locate quality, legitimate medications at discount prices, while adhering to strict FDA regulations.

The company recently announced that after researching their online competition, they can safely proclaim that the site offers the best service and prices for both brand name and prescription drugs on the internet.

“When it comes to buying prescriptions on line, two elements are key: pricing and legitimacy,” Cary Byrd, ePharmacies.com president, said. “Our competition routinely uses outdated pharmacy sources and drug prices. However, at ePharmacies.com we update our drug prices daily, by way of XML feeds f r o m each of our member pharmacies.”

Byrd added that vendors are only added as providers on the ePharmacies.com site after a strict prescreening. This includes achieving appropriate third-party approvals.

“We’ve come across a lot of scam artists that claim to be legitimate Canadian pharmacies, only to find out that they’re unscrupulous third-world shops with lower-quality medicines,” Byrd said. “All of the online Pharmacies we represent are respected, trusted businesses in Canada, the U.S. or Australia. We make it easy to find a Discount pharmacy online by only working with the best.”

Byrd added that in order to be accepted in the ePharmacies.com network, online pharmacies must be licensed by the proper governing authorities in their respective countries. In Canada, these organizations include the Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA), Manitoba International Pharmacists Association (MIPA), National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), PharmacyChecker.com, and the Better Business Bureau.

Byrd also warned would-be online shoppers to check the legitimacy of the security badges located on many disreputable websites.

“Many phony pharmacies can look very real simply by slapping a fake government seal, or a bogus security badge, on the home page,” Byrd said. “We urge our customers to do their homework before making such an important purchase online. Fortunately, we’ve done a lot of the work for them, but we welcome additional research f r o m our customers. We follow up on any concerns immediately.”

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