Kids' poisonings linked to anti-addiction medicine

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Kids' poisonings linked to anti-addiction medicine

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kids-poisonings-linked-anti-addiction-medicine-041738456.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XHV90hmTy4SDwOEdZtegww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/634cf8175587bc245f0f6a7067008eed.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 11, 2013 file photo, Shavonne Bullock, a recovering heroin addict, holds a demonstration dose of the medication Suboxone during an appointment at the West Division Family Health Center in Chicago. Each dose is incorporated on a dissolvable film, which is placed below the tongue where is dissolves and is absorbed into the bloodstream. Suboxone helps suppress withdrawal symptoms and reduce cravings for people recovering from addiction to opioid drugs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 11, 2013 file photo, Shavonne Bullock, a recovering heroin addict, holds a demonstration dose of the medication Suboxone during an appointment at the West Division Family Health Center in Chicago. Each dose is incorporated on a dissolvable film, which is placed below the tongue where is dissolves and is absorbed into the bloodstream. Suboxone helps suppress withdrawal symptoms and reduce cravings for people recovering from addiction to opioid drugs. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (AP) ? An anti-addiction drug used to fight the nation's heroin and painkiller abuse epidemics poses a threat to young children who accidentally swallow relatives' prescriptions, a federal study says. Some children have died.</p><br clear="all"/>

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