Johnson & Johnson, one of the pharmaceutical giants accused of fueling the deadly US opioid crisis, has reached a settlement with the state of New York for $230 million and confirmed it will stop making or selling opioids ...
Jun 26, 2021
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Not everyone with cancer has cancer pain, but some do. If you have cancer that's spread or recurred, your chance of having pain is higher.
Feb 17, 2021
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Researchers have used machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to develop a prediction model for the early diagnosis of opioid use disorder. The advance is described in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives.
Nov 18, 2020
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Almost 20 years into the opioid epidemic, there finally is evidence of significant and continual decreases in the abuse of these risky pain medications, according to an analysis of national data being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY ...
Oct 4, 2020
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A new report shows the strong impact Connecticut's Statewide Opioid Reporting Directive (SWORD) is having in its first year of tracking opioid overdoses.
Sep 23, 2020
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The U.S. government is barring federal dollars meant for opioid addiction treatment to be used on medical marijuana.
Nov 22, 2019
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Medical marijuana shows early promise to lessen opioid use and potential abuse, suggests a systematic review of published studies being presented at the Anesthesiology 2019 annual meeting. However, much more rigorous scientific ...
Oct 20, 2019
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In 2002, Andrew Kolodny, a resident in psychiatry, attended a training session on pain treatment in Philadelphia.
Oct 18, 2019
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In an effort to find ways to improve long-term outcomes for people with opioid use disorder, University of Massachusetts Amherst epidemiology researcher Elizabeth Evans set out to study the obstacles to treating this chronic ...
Aug 21, 2019
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A new Economic Inquiry study finds that marijuana access leads to reductions in opioid-related deaths.
Aug 7, 2019
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