Drug Abuse

March 5 Webinar to Offer Health Plan, PBM Strategies to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
In an upcoming webinar from Atlantic Information Services, participants will hear what steps two leading insurer-owned PBM units are taking to address the expensive and dangerous problem of opioid overuse and abuse among their member populations. (PRWeb February 24, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/02/prweb11606294.htm Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Pain drug prescription rate called 'shocking'
Wisconsin residents last year received more than two million prescriptions for hydrocodone with acetaminophen, the generic equivalent of Vicodin, according to data from the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). That's more than double any other prescribed medicine, a figure one leading state lawmaker called "shocking." Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results