Medications
Drug overdose deaths increase significantly in past five years
Drug overdose deaths have increased by 33 percent in the past five years across the country, with some states seeing jumps of nearly 200 percent.
Dec 16, 2016
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News tagged with prescription painkillers
Medications
Discussing opioid risks with patients reduces misuse
(HealthDay)—Discussing the risk of long-term opioid use disorder with patients is associated with reduced misuse of opioids, according to research published in the November/December issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
Nov 22, 2016
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Medications
DEA puts quota on production of opioid painkillers
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it has mandated significant cuts in the production of powerful prescription opioid painkillers.
Oct 6, 2016
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Medications
Many doctors not using site for keeping painkillers in check
Ohio doctors are supposed check patients' prescription histories against a state website before recommending prescription painkillers, but an audit has found that some 12,000 physicians appear to be violating the policy aimed ...
Sep 30, 2016
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Medications
FDA warns of fatal risks from mixing opioids and sedatives (Update)
Health officials are strengthening warnings about the potentially fatal consequences of mixing prescription painkillers and sedatives like Xanax, saying the combination can lead to breathing problems, coma and death.
Aug 31, 2016
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Addiction
Among veterans, painkiller misuse strongly linked to starting heroin
A study of nearly 3,400 military veterans over 10 years found that when participants began to misuse opioid painkillers, they had a very high likelihood of also beginning to use heroin, researchers reported in the journal ...
Aug 23, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study examines opioid agonist therapy use in Medicare patients
Few Medicare enrollees appear to be receiving buprenorphine-naloxone, the only opioid agonist therapy for opioid addiction available through Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage, according to a study published online ...
Jul 20, 2016
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Medications
Painkiller panel drops experts linked to pharma industry
A group advising the Food and Drug Administration on medical issues abruptly dropped four experts from a panel on prescription painkillers after concerns emerged about apparent ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
Jul 7, 2016
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Medications
Nearly 1 in 3 on Medicare got commonly abused opioids
Nearly 12 million Medicare beneficiaries received at least one prescription for an opioid painkiller last year at a cost of $4.1 billion, according to a federal report that shows how common the addictive drugs are in many ...
Jun 22, 2016
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Medications
Six in ten adults prescribed opioid painkillers have leftover pills
In the midst of an epidemic of prescription painkiller addiction and overdose deaths, a new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health survey suggests that more than half of patients prescribed opioids have leftover ...
Jun 13, 2016
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