Betty Ford Center: Addiction the Disease – Part 2

Betty Ford Center: Addiction the Disease – Part 2 – Betty Ford Center Physician Director Dr. Harry Haroutunian discusses the role the brain plays in addiction.

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"Brooke was uncomfortable with the way Adderall was making her behave," Mueller's attorney, Yale Galanter, told the celebrity news website, confirming her rehab stay. Mueller has been to rehab more than 15 times to undergo treatment for drug and …
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Pernix snatches struggling Somaxon for M

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Somaxon actually won FDA approval for its insomnia drug Silenor in 2010, but it had taken three tries and about $ 170 million to get there, a process that left it in exhausted financial shape. Efforts to find a marketing partner never panned out, and …
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Boehringer Ingelheim Discontinues Phase II Trial in Patients with Artificial …

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Release date- 11122012 – Ingelheim, Germany, – Boehringer Ingelheim has taken the voluntary decision to discontinue treatment with the oral anticoagulant dabigatran etexilate in a phase II clinical trial in patients with artificial heart valves. … In …
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