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Greater Degree Painkiller Patches Recalled

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Patches containing the prescription painkiller fentanyl were recalled for the second time in a week Monday, because of a flaw that could cause patients or caregivers to overdose on the potent drug inside.
Sold in the United States by Actavis South Atlantic LLC, the newly recalled patches have both this name and the company’s former name, […]

Pharmacy Rules By High Court

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A group of pharmacists asked the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw out a rule that forces them to dispense emergency contraception despite moral objections, claiming it amounts to illegal coercion.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich issued the rule in 2005, prohibiting pharmacies from turning away women seeking emergency contraception. The medicine is […]