Drug Detox News Releases
| 02/12/2009: | Detox Facility Urges End to Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising |
| FDA 1997 Rule Change Opened Flood Gates for Prescription Drug Abuse & Inevitable Result - Skyrocketing Death Toll | |
| 02/05/2009: | Heath Ledger’s Golden Globe Award a Reminder of Deadly Outcome of Prescription Drug Abuse |
| Ledger’s Overdose & Death a Year Ago Shocked Entertainment Industry but not Drug Detox Professionals | |
| 02/03/2009: | Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Increase in Heroin Use among Young Adults |
| Young Adults in Suburban and Rural Areas at Risk | |
| 01/29/2009: | Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction Rising During Recession |
| States reporting massive increases of incoming shipments of prescription painkillers | |
| 01/19/2009: | Drug Maker Nailed with $1.415 Billion in Criminal Fine and Government Settlement |
| Eli Lilly Has Agreed to Plead Guilty and Pay 1.415 Billion for “Off-Label” Promotion of Zyprexa, an Anti-Psychotic Drug | |
| 12/26/2008: | Group Urges Obama Administration’s FDA to Act on Prescription Drug Epidemic |
| Advocates for Opioid Prescription Reform Make Submission to Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Likely Appointee to Head the FDA | |
| 12/18/2008: | WV’s Prescription Drug Addiction Problem Linked to Lack of Treatment Resources |
| West Virginia’s Prescription Drug Fatality Rate Double the National Average | |
| 12/16/2008: | Soaring Prescription Drug Addiction Fueled by Illegal Internet Distribution |
| Criminal Online Pharmacies Take in Millions of Dollars from Abuse and Addiction Victims | |
| 12/09/2008: | Methadone – Cheap, Addictive and Deadly |
| Methadone Detox Vitally Needed, as Overdoses Increase 500% from 1999 - 2005 -- nearly 4,000 deaths | |
| 11/28/2008: | Florida Officials Say Prescription Drug Abuse Can Lead to Fatal Results |
| More than 4,000 deaths in Florida in first half of 2008 blamed on drug abuse with prescription drugs leading the way | |
| 11/21/2008: | Prescription Drug Rehab Readmissions Exceed First-Time Admissions |
| Prescription drug addiction proving resistant to many drug rehabilitation programs | |
| 11/13/2008: | A New Risk for US Troops – Prescription Drug Addiction |
| Doctors relying too heavily on narcotic pain relievers for US troops, says military pain management specialist | |
| 11/07/2008: | Antipsychotic Drugs Pose Serious Health Problems for Children |
| Prescription Drug Addiction is Not the Only Risk for Children Put on Antipsychotics | |
| 10/24/2008: | Drug Detox Center Criticizes Pharmaceutical Company Free Samples |
| Drug Detox Center Criticizes Pharmaceutical Company Free Samples | |
| 10/16/2008: | Novus Detox Presents Medical Detox Methodology at Psychiatry & Psychology Conference |
| International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology Conference Addresses a Common Patient Outcome – Addiction | |
| 10/15/2008: | Detox Center Urges Full Medical Exam Before Starting Children on Psychiatric Drugs |
| Novus Detox Director Advocates Finding and Treating Physical Cause of Symptoms that Give Rise to Prescription Psychiatric Drugs | |
| 09/26/2008: | National Safety Council Issues Prescription Drug Addiction Wakeup Call |
| Novus Detox Director Applauds NSC’s Focus on Prescription Drug Fatalities | |
| 09/18/2008: | Prescription Drug Addiction More Deadly than Illegal Drugs |
| Novus Detox Director Warns that Alternative to Detoxification - Doing Nothing - Can Be Fatal | |
| 09/13/2008: | Prescription Drug Addiction More Deadly than Illegal Drugs |
| Novus Detox Director Warns that Alternative to Detoxification - Doing Nothing - Can Be Fatal | |
| 09/04/2008: | Novus Detox Services Seniors with Prescription Drug Addiction |
| Center's Director Sees Possible Explosion of Prescription Drug Dependency in People Over 50 | |
| 08/30/2008: | Novus Detox Facility Accepting High Dosage Methadone Users |
| Novus Can Accept Users for Methadone Detox On Up to 400 Milligrams Per Day. |