Prescription Drugs

Independence Blue Cross to place new limit on opioid drug prescriptions

Pa. residents urged to participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Feds: South Philly doctor pleads guilty to illegal sale of $5 million in pills

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Prescription Drugs

Abington hospital to pay $510,000 in pharmacist's theft of 35,000 pills, including oxycodone

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Philly doctor found guilty of prescribing pills that killed patient

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Wolf signs package of bills to combat heroin, opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania

Member of Philly biker gang sentenced to prison for drug scheme

S.J. man arrested for setting restaurant on fire to destroy fraudulent prescriptions

South Jersey police find heroin in baby crib during search

Report: Hospital software often fails to flag unsafe drug prescriptions

Penn study: 'Concerning' rise in opioid prescriptions after low-risk surgeries

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Upper Darby police debut program connecting heroin addicts to rehab

Chitwood Micozzie heroin change is possible

CDC abandons January target for new painkiller prescription guidelines

Former NBA player to share recovery story at Camden addiction summit

Defying heroin's fatal grip, first-responders rack up 'saves' with Narcan

Philadelphia police arrest 45 drug offenders

Almost half of all Pa. foster kids on anti-anxiety or anti-psychotic meds

Medicare paid for nearly 40M tranquilizer prescriptions in 2013

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