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A group of scientists say they've created a safer version of fentanyl that could potentially diminish the drug's addictive side effects, which have resulted in annual deaths of tens of thousands of people across the United ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Illinois has fined health insurance company Quartz $500,000 for failing to cover substance use disorder and mental health treatments at adequate levels.
Jan 13, 2023
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A study from researchers at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and the University of Rhode Island found that pharmacists—not just physicians at clinics and doctor's offices—can safely and effectively start patients with ...
Jan 11, 2023
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Around 1% of Australian adults have tried heroin in their lifetime and 2.7% have used pharmaceutical opioids for non-medical purposes in the past 12 months.
Jan 11, 2023
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Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn't be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin ...
Jan 9, 2023
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When a toddler or an infant accidentally ingests a prescription opioid medication, the immediate results can prove deadly, experts warn.
Dec 28, 2022
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Fatigue is a common and potentially debilitating side effect of cancer radiation therapy.
Dec 20, 2022
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A study by researchers from The University of Western Australia and Telethon Kids Institute has found a medication that helps people refrain from drinking alcohol has shown no harmful effects during pregnancy in early stage ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Drug overdoses among people aged 10 to 18 more than doubled in the United States between 2019 and 2021, according to a study released Thursday by health authorities, who warned in particular of the risks of counterfeit pills ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Tim Buck knows by heart how many people died from drug overdoses in his North Carolina county last year: 10. The year before it was 12—an all-time high.
Dec 15, 2022
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