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Recovery Corner

May 3, 2018

For the first time in a while, pundits and politicians were talking about the drug that kills more people than any other each year in the U.S. I鈥檓 talking鈥�

Florida may miss federal goal of more doctors using state鈥檚 prescription drug database

November 21, 2017

Amid an opioid epidemic in Florida, physicians and pharmacists are only making limited use of a statewide database meant to deter prescription drug abuse,鈥�

New protocol leads to significant drop in prescription narcotic use among colorectal surgery patients

November 6, 2017

A quality improvement initiative has led to a significant drop in narcotic pain medications prescribed to patients who undergo colorectal surgery at BOB体育鈥�

Florida鈥檚 prescription drug database is underused, BOB体育 researchers find

May 31, 2017

Nearly seven years after a statewide database was created to encourage safer prescribing and to reduce opiate abuse and diversion, the number of emergency鈥�

BOB体育 researchers awarded federal grant to help battle prescription drug abuse

November 14, 2016

A group led by University of Florida Health researchers has a received a three-year, $600,000 federal grant that will help fight prescription drug abuse by鈥�

Are you getting enough vitamin C?

Scurvy in the 21st century? Not quite, but researchers say most of us aren鈥檛 getting nearly enough vitamin C in our diets to ward off cancer, heart disease and鈥�

Fentanyl-related overdose deaths have increased rapidly in Florida since 2010

August 26, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� Florida has seen a sharp increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths over the past five years, according to BOB体育 researchers who鈥�

Some good news on opioid epidemic: Treatment options are expanding

William Greene, University of Florida and Lisa J. Merlo, University of Florida In the past two decades, the devastation associated with opioid addiction has鈥�

鈥淏ath salt鈥� drug spurs psychosis-like condition in the brain, BOB体育 study finds

June 8, 2016

The use of psychoactive 鈥渂ath salts鈥� 鈥� illegal synthetic drugs not related to the colored crystalline compounds for softening bathwater 鈥� can induce a鈥�

Test your Drug Abuse IQ: National Drug Fact Week

Education is a powerful tool in the fight against drug and alcohol abuse. Let's shatter the myths surrounding drug and alcohol by discovering what science is鈥�