| See realtime coverage | The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the ... |
| See realtime coverage | | Huffington Post | - 8 hours ago | | |
Access to medical marijuana may be cutting down on the overall use of opioids, including prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet, new research suggests. |
| | News & Observer | - 43 minutes ago | | |
When Washington state made one of the first major moves to place limits on opioid painkiller prescriptions, pharmaceutical companies fought back - using the Pain Care Forum, a national network of drug companies and opioid-friendly nonprofits, many of ... |
| | Chicago Tribune | - Sep 16, 2016 | | |
In Illinois, 1,700 people died of drug overdoses in 2014, up from 1,579 in 2013, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, though not all those were due to opioid drugs such as heroin and some types of painkillers. Naloxone can help ... |
| Minneapolis Star Tribune | - 54 minutes ago | | |
This two-part investigation by The Center for Public Integrity and The Associated Press examines the politics behind the nation's opioid addiction epidemic. AP reporters Geoff Mulvihill and Matthew Perrone and Center for Public Integrity reporters Liz ... |
| | Asbury Park Press | - 1 hour ago | | |
The one man in New Jersey who is holding up legislation that could crack down on opioid abuse is also a top beneficiary of big pharma campaign contributions. |
| | Concord Monitor | - 1 hour ago | | |
Many states had wild variability in the categories, such as Alabama, which had the highest rate of opioid prescriptions in the country in 2015, yet only an average rate of drug deaths. |
| See realtime coverage | | WFMZ Allentown | - 11 hours ago | | |
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is seeking a joint session of the General Assembly to address the state's opioid and heroin crisis, just as lawmakers are returning to ... |
| The News Tribune | - 59 minutes ago | | |
Pennsylvania's fight against opioid addiction may include a measure that could pave the way to more expensive prescriptions for supposedly abuse-resistant painkillers whose effectiveness in curbing abuse is unclear. |
| The Sun Herald | - 1 hour ago | | |
Since 2006, Mississippi has had an average of 18 registered lobbyists each year employed by members of the Pain Care Forum, a coalition of companies and advocacy groups that meets to discuss opioid-related issues. Mississippi ranked 16th among states ... |
| See realtime coverage | The U.S. Justice Department will enlist federal prosecutors to help fight the nation's opioid crisis by sharing information on overprescribing doctors and coordinating with public health officials to address addiction, USA Today reported on Friday ... |
| See realtime coverage | | 9NEWS.com | - Sep 16, 2016 | | |
An average of 300 people die every year in Colorado from overdosing on opioid painkillers. Now, a renewed effort is underway to try and stem that drug abuse ... |
| | MedPage Today | - Sep 16, 2016 | | |
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The lack of data available for pediatric trials, as well as the effects of opioids in pediatric patients, were major focal points in the discussion in the final day of a 2-day FDA advisory committee meeting here. |
| | MPNnow.com | - 7 hours ago | | |
The active ingredient in Vivitrol is naltrexone, which attaches to opioid receptors in the brain but does not trigger the brain's pleasure response. |
| | Victoria Advocate | - 1 hour ago | | |
Daniel Barrientos, executive director, and Mark Kelly, licensed chemical dependency counselor, talk about opioid use and addiction in the Crossroads area at the Billy T. Cattan Recovery Outreach Center. |
| See realtime coverage | | KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska | - Sep 16, 2016 | | |
Sunday kicks off National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week in the U.S. The U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be holding events throughout the week in rural Alaska communities to discuss the dangers of opioids ... |
| The FDA believes the companies made statements that consumers might interpret to mean the drug, Remoxy ER, is already approved for use. |
| See realtime coverage | The overuse, misuse and abuse of opioid-based painkillers is costing the United States about $78 billion per year for additional care, lost work productivity and the criminal justice system, according to a new study published in the journal Medical Care. |
| Central Penn Business Journal | - Sep 16, 2016 | | |
In a four-year period, health insurers' spending on patients addicted to opioid painkillers has increased more than 1,000 percent, revealing the impact of the opioid crisis on the health care system. Between payments to hospitals, laboratories ... |
| | MedPage Today | - Sep 15, 2016 | | |
SILVER SPRINGS, Md. -- There is general agreement that opioids may be useful for treating children in pain, but just as with adults, children are at risk for developing tolerance. |
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