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Scaling back Obamacare will make the opioid crisis worse
There's been much talk in the U.S. about fixing the opioid crisis.
Feb 16, 2018
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Breathing problems linked to drug that treats opioid addiction
A drug used to treat opioid addiction could cause breathing problems in some obese patients, according to a new study from UT scientists.
Feb 1, 2018
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US officials seek packaging fix for diarrhea-drug abuse
U.S. health regulators on Tuesday asked makers of popular anti-diarrhea drugs to sell their medications in smaller amounts to make them harder to abuse.
Jan 30, 2018
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New York hits big pharma with $500mn lawsuit in opioid crisis
New York turned the screws on pharmaceutical giants in America's opioid epidemic, suing manufacturers for $500 million on Tuesday as a photographer kickstarted a petition to hold Purdue Pharma accountable as a recovering ...
Jan 23, 2018
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Patient education brochure provides low-cost solution to avoid diversion of unused opioids
Unused prescription painkillers lying around the home have proven to be a major source of drugs supplying the nation's opioid epidemic,1 but a new patient education brochure that describes safe disposal practices of unused ...
Jan 11, 2018
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To address opioid crisis, researchers call for focus on root causes of suffering
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new findings on Thursday that paint a somber picture of the nation's opioid crisis. More than 42,000 Americans died in 2016 of opioid overdoses—a 28 percent increase ...
Dec 27, 2017
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Medication assisted treatment is option for opioid use disorder
Of the 20.5 million Americans 12 or older that had a substance use disorder in 2015, two million had a substance use disorder involving prescription pain relievers and 591,000 had a substance use disorder involving heroin, ...
Dec 12, 2017
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Expert discusses how the opioid epidemic spreads
The sale of prescription opioids has risen sharply since 1999, and the number of fatal drug overdoses attributed to the drugs has more than quadrupled. We asked Yale SOM's Marissa King, an expert in social networks who has ...
Dec 8, 2017
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New hope for waitlisted patients addicted to opioids
As the opioid crisis continues to escalate, the number of people who need treatment for their dependency on heroin or prescription pain killers far exceeds the capacity of available treatment programs. People seeking treatment ...
Dec 6, 2017
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Integrative medicine approaches for pain treatment—can they be an alternative to opioids?
Can acupuncture and yoga help to fight the opioid epidemic? These and other integrative medicine approaches have shown at least preliminary evidence of effectiveness in pain management, according to an article in the December ...
Nov 21, 2017
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