Opioid Addiction Reporter loses his daughter to an overdose
[ad_1] A journalist from South Dakota, who has frequently reported opioid addiction, had to tell the most painful stories – the death of his own daughter. Angela Kennecke was an investigative journalist …
Read More »OxyContin maker obtains patent for drug to treat opioid addiction
[ad_1] Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, disseminated, rewritten or redistributed. Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has received a patent aimed at treating …
Read More »OxyContin maker obtains patent for drug to treat opioid addiction
[ad_1] Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has received a patent aimed at treating opioid dependence. The patent, first published by the Financial Times, concerns a new form of buprenorphine with faster …
Read More »Richard Sackler granted a patent for a treatment of addiction
[ad_1] A family member of Purdue Pharma – who is being sued by more than 1,000 jurisdictions for his alleged role in treating the opioid crisis with his pain medication OxyContin – …
Read More »Opioid billionaire patent for the treatment of addiction
[ad_1] A billion-dollar pharmaceutical executive who has been accused of triggering the US opioid crisis is expected to take advantage of the epidemic after patenting a new treatment for drug addicts. Richard …
Read More »Christopher Kennedy Lawford, an actor and writer who fought addiction, dies at age 63
[ad_1] Christopher Kennedy Lawford, an actor born of Hollywood politics and nobility who turned his drug recovery career into a public health advocacy and best-selling author, died Tuesday in Vancouver, British Columbia. …
Read More »Christopher Lawford, a member of the Kennedy family who wrote a memoir on addiction, dies at age 63
[ad_1] Christopher Lawford, an actor, author and member of the Kennedy clan who wrote a memoir on his years of addiction and subsequent recovery, and then encouraged efforts to help people become …
Read More »Dennis Quaid opens on cocaine addiction, marriage with Meg Ryan
[ad_1] Dennis Quaid opens on his drug addiciton in a new interview. Reuters Actor Dennis Quaid talked about his addiction to cocaine and how he slept only an hour a night in …
Read More »A pharmacist told Medicaid officials that opioid addiction was a myth at an opioid-funded conference
[ad_1] Opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma helped fund a 2003 conference for Medicaid officials where a pharmacist said that opioid addiction was "rare among patients" and "seriously overestimated". effects may occur, "says the …
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