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Interview: Doctors Need Flexibility in Prescribing Opioids
Stefan Kertesz, a physician and addiction expert, says overaggressive cutbacks can harm some chronic pain patients.
Sacklers Up Their Offer to Settle Purdue Opioids Cases, With a New Condition
A group of 15 states have reached a tentative new deal that would require them to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars ...
US accuses Walgreens of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions, including for opioids
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions for Americans over ...
Lawmakers want insurance companies to cover pain treatment alternatives to opioids
HB 241 would require health insurers to cover physical therapy, acupuncture, massage therapy, and chiropractic care as ...
The Gaston Gazette on MSN3d
Free event to look at the dangers of opioids
Working to save lives, four Gaston Rotary clubs are sponsoring a free Opioid Forum on Tuesday to inform students and adults about the danger of opioid use. The forum will take place at Belmont Abbey ...
Texas, other states reach $7.4 billion deal with Purdue Pharma over opioids crisis
Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement with Texas and 14 other states to ...
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Smoking opioids is associated with lower mortality than injecting but is still high-risk
A new study published today in the scientific journal Addiction has found that opioid smoking appears to be associated with lower mortality risk compared with opioid injecting. The authors, however, ...
UW-Madison study identifies ways doctors can fight the opioid epidemic
MADISON, Wis. (WIFR) - A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health looks to help doctors prescribe opioids safely and effectively. The study tested ...