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One region is being hit hardest by US opioid crisis
More people die from drug overdoses in the northeastern U.S. than other regions, making it a major hotbed of the nation's opioid epidemic, a new federal report says.
Oct 25, 2019
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Kidney function may affect risks associated with prescription opioids
Receiving prescriptions of opioids was linked with higher risks of death and hospitalization compared with receiving other pain medications, and the risk of death was especially high in individuals with lower kidney function. ...
Oct 3, 2019
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Medications
Researchers identify focus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths
A new study identifies specific locations where medication and harm reduction services for people with opioid use disorder should be available in order to have the greatest impact on reducing opioid overdose deaths. Led by ...
Sep 13, 2019
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For the first time in five years, opioid overdose deaths declined in NC in 2018
After years of rising deaths from accidental drug overdoses, the body count in North Carolina is finally going down.
Sep 2, 2019
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CDC: January to July 2018 saw decrease in opioid deaths
Opioid deaths decreased during January to July 2018, while deaths from illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF) increased during the same period, according to research published in the Aug. 30 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Aug 30, 2019
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Post opioid-overdose interventions emerge in US
Opioid-related deaths continue to take the lives of thousands in the U.S. each year, with non-fatal opioid overdoses as a significant risk factor for a subsequent fatal overdose. Post-overdose interventions are emerging in ...
Aug 29, 2019
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J&J ordered to pay $572 million for opioid addiction crisis
An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered US health care giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million in damages for its role in fostering the state's opioid addiction crisis.
Aug 27, 2019
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Medications
J&J faces possible $17 billion payout for pushing opioids
US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson faces a potential record $17 billion damages payout Monday when an Oklahoma judge rules whether its aggressive promotion of opioid painkillers was responsible for the state's addiction epidemic.
Aug 26, 2019
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Medications
Q&A: Deadly opioid crisis sparks lawsuits across the US
The first judgment is expected Monday in a lawsuit from a state government seeking to hold a drug company accountable for a U.S. opioid crisis that has ripped apart lives and communities. More trials and legal settlements ...
Aug 25, 2019
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Medications
Opioid addiction treatment used more in states that expanded Medicaid
(HealthDay)—The use of the opioid addiction medication buprenorphine is much higher in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act than in those that did not expand the program, according to a new report ...
Aug 23, 2019
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