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Potentially Perilous Painkiller Prescribing Patterns Probed at Veterans Hospital in Hampton, Virginia (VA)

An alarming article in the October 12, 2010 Virginian-Pilot begins, “A federal investigation has largely cleared the Hampton VA Medical Center of allegations that doctors there are coerced to overprescribe powerful narcotics to veterans.” The news is ultimately reassuring because U.S. Department of Vetrans Affairs concluded that prescription drug companies and their sales representatives were…

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