Keen Questioning by Jurors Demystifies Vioxx Trial Oct 5, 2005
Did he ever combine Vioxx with narcotic painkillers ... In response to the juror's questions, Humeston said that he is in the habit of working with no breaks for eight hours, and can do it because he sits in a cubicle and leaves at 3 p.m.; that he has never combined Vioxx with narcotic painkillers, and would be "deathly afraid" to do so; that his doctor, Gregory Lewer of Boise, never discussed the painkiller's side effects and that when the planes struck the World Trade Center, he was horrified... (Law.com)
6 pharmacists convicted in cough syrup scheme Oct 5, 2005
Jurors in Hittner's downtown Houston court found the pharmacists guilty of filling fake prescriptions for promethazine with codeine, a narcotic known on the street by such names as syrup, lean, purple and drank. The group also was found guilty of money laundering and filling phony prescriptions for hydrocodone, a synthetic narcotic widely known by the brand name Vicodin. (Houston Chronicle)
Most liver donors do well after the surgery Oct 5, 2005
However, 8 experienced a total of 11 adverse events, which included a narcotic overdose, bile leaks and wound infection. All but one complication -- a case of painful nerve damage -- resolved without permanent disability. (Reuters UK -- Health)
Hurricane Stan slams into Mexico Oct 5, 2005
(AP) -- An appeals court has ordered a new trial for a woman convicted of killing her 4-month-old son by giving him a pacifier coated with the powerful narcotic OxyContin. The state Court of Criminal Appeals said Friday that the trial judge improperly allowed testimony about three days of partying and drug use by Debra Elaine Kirk and her estranged husband before the 2002 death of her baby, Lacie. (North County Times)
My Son Could Make That: Oct 5, 2005
The essay on Bonnard is simply narcotic, as it lovingly describes Bonnard's marriage to Marthe as the tender prisonhouse that became his universe. I won't spoil it for the reader, but that last sentence, and that last image, arewell, what is the word when pathos is completely earned. (Slate)
6 pharmacists convicted in cough-syrup scheme Oct 5, 2005
Houston took a step toward shedding its "City of Syrup'' reputation among rappers today as a federal jury convicted six pharmacists in a scheme to distribute a highly addictive cough suppressant. ADVERTISEMENT The pharmacists were found guilty of filling fake prescriptions for promethazine with codeine, a narcotic commonly known as just "syrup ... They also were found guilty of money laundering and of filling phony prescriptions for hydrocodone, a synthetic narcotic widely known by the brand... (Houston Chronicle -- Health)
Off-duty police officer reportedly attacked; woman arrested after stabbing man with fork Oct 5, 2005
While on patrol on Park Street at Pace Street, police reportedly saw West speaking with a subject in an area known for narcotic sales, the report states. The officer reportedly witnessed a hand to hand exchange between West and the other man. (Cedartown Standard, GA)
