It is extremely common for people to shop on the internet. More and more often, consumers are turning to the internet to purchase anything they might need. Many websites offer free shipping, which makes their services extremely convenient to use. You can often find items not available in your area on the …
It is no surprise that Teenagers do not like to stand out from the crowd. They like to fit in. They like to be just like everyone else. If you go to a high school, most kids dress alike, have similar hairstyles and even talk alike! Teenage years are hard and the …
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There is a dangerous trend in prescription drug abuse. With mothers increasingly multi tasking, working outside the home, home schooling, or single parenting, the use of prescription medications is also increasing. In the 1950’s it wasn’t uncommon for mothers to take a valium to “take the edge off” a day that was busy dealing …
Teenagers who participate in sports are at an advantage in many ways. Being involved in a sport is important for teenagers and children of all ages, it gives kids a sense of importance. It teaches fair play and achievement, it has structure, goal setting and teaches the importance of working together …
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We have all heard about the prescription drug problem. The patients who are prescribed pain medications that they truly need, and end up getting addicted to them. There is also the teenager who uses over the counter or prescription medications to get high. These addicts are not the face that you would …
You often hear about children and toddlers overdosing from adult medications, over the counter or prescription, but pets are also in danger of accidentally ingesting medications not meant for them. Medications that are fairly harmless and common to humans can be extremely dangerous for pets. Pets are similar to toddlers and infants, they don’t …
Medications used for pain, depression, and ADHD are necessary and can be very effective when used as prescribed. Unfortunately, they are often misused and abused which can cause serious heath risks and many social problems. There are three types of prescription drugs that are most often misused. Opiates, which are prescribed for pain management, stimulants …
Storing and traveling with controlled narcotics can be a sticky situation. Many states have different laws about transporting your prescription narcotics outside of your state of residence. Drugs are categorized into 5 schedules, based on their degree of abuse and dependency risk. Schedule 1 drugs are highly abused drugs that are not approved …
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Children under five years old make up most of the 100,000 Americans treated in the ER after accidentally swallowing medications not prescribed to them. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, about 90 % of these accidents happen at home. In fact, children between the ages of 18 to 36 …
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Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) October 17, 2013 SafetoteRx LLC, partners with Educational TV LLC to produce public programming material for viewers in their target market. SafetoteRx LLC, a portable medication securitycompany located in Greensboro NC has partnered with Educational TV LLC in the production and distribution of public TV interstitial programming material for viewers in various educational …
