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The number of people who were dispensed opioid painkillers dropped during the height of Victoria's COVID-19 restrictions, then increased as lockdowns lifted, Monash University researchers have found.
Dec 5, 2022
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Within the first two weeks of release from Victorian prisons, people are at greater risk of both fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose. The authors of research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia have called ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Sometimes health care professionals treat patients with opioids such as morphine to relieve symptoms, but there has been a lack of evidence as to whether this helps with severe chronic breathlessness. A randomized Phase 3 ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Poisonous poppy seeds have sent a number of people around Australia to hospital with severe symptoms—from muscle cramping and spasms to seizures and cardiac arrests—prompting a nationwide recall of certain batches and brands ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Another major pharmacy chain has offered billions to settle claims for its role in the opioid epidemic.
Nov 15, 2022
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned health care workers to look out for patients who may have been exposed to a potentially deadly animal sedative, possibly through illicit drug use.
Nov 9, 2022
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The nation's top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers.
Nov 3, 2022
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US pharmacy chain CVS Health said Wednesday they had agreed to pay approximately $5 billion over 10 years to "resolve all opioid lawsuits and claims" against them by states and cities.
Nov 2, 2022
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Fentanyl's growth from its original design as an effective surgical pain management tool to a leading cause of overdose death and concern has happened quickly—with severe consequences.
Nov 1, 2022
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The European Medicines Agencies (EMA) recommended European countries include new warnings on labels and in package inserts of analgesics, or pain killers, that combine codeine and ibuprofen. This recommendation was agreed ...
Oct 27, 2022
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