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Teva Settles Okla. Opioid Case For $85M Just Before Trial
Teva Pharmaceuticals on Sunday settled an opioid crisis case brought by Oklahoma for $85 million, a move that comes just before the scheduled start of the nation's first trial testing drugmaker liability for an epidemic of painkiller abuse.
I'm an ex-addict. Why was it easy to get prescription opioids?
I told everyone treating me for kidney stones that I had a history of substance abuse. They still gave me multiple prescriptions for opioid pain relief.
Key findings of investigation into harder-to-abuse opioids
The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity investigated how pharmaceutical companies are using their political clout to push a new form of opioids as their answer to the e
Opioid overuse doesn't begin in the ER, study finds
When it comes to emergency room physicians, there's a perception that they hand out opioids "like candy," said Mayo Clinic researcher Molly Jeffery.
The opioid crisis: What we don't know is killing us
Around 90% of Americans who met criteria for substance use disorders did not access specialized substance use treatment last year. How do we keep those people alive and healthy?
Opioid overdoses could be prevented by an app that listens to breathing
Many overdoses don’t have to be fatal if they’re caught in time. A new app can identify when you might be in trouble and call for help.
Why Most People Do Not Dispose of Unused Opioids
Many people want to hold onto their unused opioids. Patients who are in pain fear that they will not be able to get the medication they need.
Why Abuse-Deterrent Opioids Are Not the Solution to the Opioid Epidemic
As a primary care doctor who cares for many patients with opioid-use disorder, I am invested in timely and effective strategies to curb our nation’s opioid epidemic. Because so many instances of opioid addiction and overdoses begin with or involve commonly prescribed opioids, we need multiple ...
What Do You Think of Current Opioid Restrictions?
Limits on opioids are necessary, but they don't always follow clear-cut guidelines.
Physicians tapering patients off opioids can turn to HHS guide
A recent study suggests that less than a quarter of patients on chronic opioid therapy for noncancer pain are tapered off opioids, and another study found that only 35% of patients are able to successfully do so. “Taking a patient off opioids is not the same as taking a patient off one high blood pressure medication and putting them on another,” William Curry, MD, the associate dean
Why Are Opioid Abuse Rates Higher Among Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals?
New research suggests that sexual minorities are particularly vulnerable to dependency on these drugs.
How Doughnut Bribes Helped Build Opioid Painkiller Addiction
The DEA says that when a person is abusing opioid pain killers, a drug companies profit handsomely -- the answer is not criminalization but education.
Why We Won't Miss Opioids
They are not the great all-purpose painkillers they've been cracked up to be
Can Cannabis Solve the Opioid Crisis?
Probably not—but it might be part of the solution
Are teenagers more vulnerable to the effects of opioids?
As clinicians, we have had poor education in the area of acute pain management, especially when it comes to the use of opioids.
Debunking the Myths About Why Opioid Addictions Develop
The lack of immediate access to affordable treatment of addiction, and inadequately treated or undertreated chronic pain have caused and sustained the continuing drug crisis.
How to prepare for and react after contact with emerging opioids
Manufactured, concocted and blended opioids require EMS training, PPE and decontamination strategies
Four Tips to Be a Better Steward of Opioid Prescriptions
The opioid epidemic is being called the worst public health crisis in America. And the numbers keep rising. I can remember a time in nursing school where we were taught to treat pain as the "fifth vital sign." We were told not to question the patient's perception of pain but to treat accordingly as many felt that patients were often under-medicated.
How Can Doctors End the Opioid Epidemic?
One way to fight the opioid epidemic? Medical marijuana.
How the war on opioids has harmed some patients
The "war on drugs" has done nothing to treat addiction or stem to flow of illicit fentanyl feeding the "overdose crisis."
