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[ad_1] A company whose prescription opioid marketing practices are accused of triggering the drug and overdose crisis said it was helping to fund an antidote for overdoses at a lower cost. Purdue …
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[ad_1] Mike Stuart, US Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Friday revealed a large number of people accused of opioid prescription in an imprudent manner between 2013 and February 2018. …
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[ad_1] Andy O 'Brien has plunged into the subject of opiate abuse such as heroin or prescription pills. People need help and DuPage County needs help to fight the problem, he admitted. …
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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Read More »A new report indicates that opioid addiction may be declining. Here's how Utah has behaved
[ad_1] Patrick Sison, AP DOSSIER – On August 15, 2017, the picture shows an arrangement of opioid pills oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet, in New York. The IQVIA Health Data Institute released …
Read More »Patients with chronic pain "begging" the FDA for reforms to reduce opioid access
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