Prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence carries high costs for American society, with an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion, according to a study in the October issue of Medical Care.
Sep 14, 2016
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Opioid abuse is a growing public health crisis, affecting up to 36 million people worldwide. Many of these individuals first get hooked on prescription painkillers that target mu opioid receptors in the brain. A study in ...
Aug 25, 2016
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State Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking officials huddled Wednesday to discuss ways to coordinate efforts to battle the drug abuse epidemic in a judicial summit involving some of the hardest-hit states.
Aug 24, 2016
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In the past two decades, the devastation associated with opioid addiction has escaped the relative confines of the inner city and extended to suburban and rural America. Due in large part to the proliferation of prescription ...
Aug 10, 2016
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(HealthDay)—The number of private health insurance claims for Americans addicted to opioids and heroin rose 3,203 percent from 2007 to 2014, according to a Fair Health report.
Aug 3, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Opioid medication users may be abusing and misusing the seizure and nerve pain drug gabapentin, a new study finds.
Aug 3, 2016
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It's a dark paradox that hits uncomfortably close to home: Southwest Virginia has both some of the nation's worst opioid abuse, as well as cancer death rates that are 23 percent higher than the state average, facts that often ...
Aug 1, 2016
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A new University of Michigan study about substance abuse confirms why parents should properly dispose of leftover prescription opioids.
Jul 27, 2016
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Opioid abuse has turned into a public health crisis in America, blamed for the deaths of tens of thousands of people. But one hospital is determined to reverse the epidemic.
Jul 27, 2016
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Lawmakers meet today to try to finalize legislation to solve the nation's opioid crisis. It's an issue that The Conversation has been covering for many months.
Jul 7, 2016
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