Health experts offer solutions for unintended consequences of opioid crackdown
Medical Health News,
Treating America’s Pain: Unintended Victims of the Opioid Crackdown, Part 3 – The Solutions The government has addressed the…
Health experts offer solutions for unintended consequences of opioid crackdown
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Treating America’s Pain: Unintended Victims of the Opioid Crackdown, Part 3 – The Solutions The government has addressed the…
Doctors caught between struggling opioid patients and crackdown on prescriptions
FOX News,
Treating America’s Pain: Unintended Victims of the Opioid Crackdown, Part 2 – The Doctors As federal and state agencies respond…
As doctors taper or end opioid prescriptions, many patients driven to despair, suicide
FOX News,
Treating America's Pain: Unintended Victims of the Opioid Crackdown, Part 1 – The Suicides The national opioid crisis propelled…
Chronic pain patients: The other side of the opioid epidemic
Sign of the Times,
[We feel] we have been betrayed: that policymakers feel that people with substance abuse disorders deserve a life and we pain…
64% of HR pros don't feel equipped to help co-workers addicted to opioids
HR Dive,
Brief Published Dec. 3, 2018 Dive Brief: A new The Hartford survey of 2,000 workers and 500 HR leaders and workers in the U.S.
Fewer Opioids, More Pay: New Tack on How Doctors Prescribe Them
Bloomberg BNA,
By Jacquie Lee Some doctors in Michigan are prescribing as few as four opioid pills for pain relief after a common gall bladder…
6 news Opioid makers spent nearly a million dollars on Utah doctors in recent years, ties now used against
The Salt Lake Tribune,
The following story was written by for The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.
Opioid makers spent nearly a million dollars on Utah doctors in recent years, ties now used against ...
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The following story was written by Luke Ramseth for The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake…
Now that the SUPPORT Act is law, where do we go from there?
Stat News,
The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, also known…
Border wall needed to protect against a 'caravan' of a different kind: drugs
The Hill,
As an estimated 4,000 illegal immigrants in a caravan continue to work their way toward the southern U.S.
The opioid epidemic: How population health analytics can combat the crisis overtaking America
Becker's Hospital Review,
October 11, 2018| Print | Email In January 2017, the CDC reported more than 64,000 annual deaths related to drug overdose — a…
New Laws Limiting Opioid Prescriptions Create Undue Barriers
The ASCO Post,
Advertisement Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Among other policy responses to the growing opioid epidemic, many states have…
Chronic pain patients rally at State House for fair prescribing practices
Concord Monitor,
Bill Murphy, co-organizer of a rally outside the state house, argues that prescribing practices are stacked against those with…
Chronic pain patients protest in Valparaiso
Northwest Indiana Times,
VALPARAISO — Chronic pain patients protested Tuesday over government guidelines they say limit their ability to get their…
Opioid Epidemic: Doctors Gave No Reason for Nearly Third of Prescriptions
newsmax.com,
The opioid epidemic gripping the U.S. may have been fueled by doctors who gave no reasons for issuing prescriptions to nearly a…
Prescription Databases May Miss Opioid-Benzo Combinations
MedPage Today,
LAS VEGAS -- Prescription data alone underestimated how many patients combined opioids and benzodiazepines, an analysis of…
Tanezumab's Phase 3 Results: A Promising Sign For Non-Opioid Pain Treatments
Forbes,
08:11am Joshua Cohen Contributor i Healthcare I write about drug value, market access, and healthcare systems Share to facebook…
Treating cancer patients like criminals won't solve the opioid crisis
CNN News,
I got this diagnosis in western Pennsylvania, one of the epicenters of the opioid crisis raging in this country.
Treating cancer patients like criminals won't solve the opioid crisis
Action News Now,
I am a 45-year-old woman who's always been in fairly good health. I practice yoga, run nine miles a week, love kale, avoid red…
After my son's death, I'm helping other families avoid opioids pain
USA Today,
opinion Opinion contributor Published 6:26 p.m. UTC Aug 29, 2018 Two weeks after my son Brian died, my wife came into our…
'Death Certificate Project' Terrifies California Doctors
MedPage Today,
Brian Lenzkes, MD, got a letter last December from the Medical Board of California that left him shocked and scared.
Serenity Prayer inspired me to spare other families the pain that opioids caused mine
The Reporter Times,
Two weeks after my son Brian died, my wife came into our bedroom and found me crying.
How I'm helping spare other families opioids pain
The Greenville News,
Published 2:02 p.m. ET Aug. 29, 2018 My son died after becoming addicted to opioids.
Black opioid pain patients get tested more frequently than whites for illicit drug use, study shows
Modern Healthcare,
Clinicians are more likely to test black patients receiving opioid therapy for illicit drug use than white patients and are…
CDC opioid guideline is causing harm to people in chronic pain
The Hill,
, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
Doctors prescribe fewer opioids after receiving a letter about a patient's overdose death study finds
Bioportfolio,
Related Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare News A new study, published in the August issue of Science, suggests that…
Doctors prescribe fewer opioids after receiving a letter about a patient's overdose death, study finds
MinnPost,
A new study, published in the August issue of Science, suggests that a rather simple intervention, tried out on doctors in…
COMMENTARY: Doctors, patients feel chill effect from U.S. opioid guidelines
The Chronicle Herald,
Prescription pills containing oxycodone and acetaminophen. (GRAEME ROY / CP) Why is the College of Physicians and Surgeons of…
in a June 26 story
Kansas City Star,
Stephanie Gilmore’s daughter Stephanie Harris began using opioids legitimately at age 15.
The new science of treating lower back pain
Sign of the Times,
© VOX A review of 80-plus studies upends the conventional wisdom. Kathryn Jakobson Ramin's back pain started when she was 16…
The Government’s Solution To The Opioid Crisis Feels Like A War To Pain Patients
Huffington Post,
Jay Lawrence, an energetic truck driver in his late 30s, was driving a semitrailer across a bridge when the brakes failed.
The Government’s Solution To The Opioid Crisis Feels Like A War To Pain Patients
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Jay Lawrence, an energetic truck driver in his late 30s, was driving a semitrailer across a bridge when the brakes failed.
The Government’s Solution To The Opioid Crisis Feels Like A War To Pain Patients
Yahoo!,
Meredith Lawrence's late husband died by suicide after his opioid pain prescription was severely restricted.
My husband committed suicide after doctors restricted his pain medication
True Viral News,
A car accident is the reason my husband developed chronic pain. The backlash against opiate addiction and the response caused…
Tennessee's opioid regulations precipitated my husband's death
USA Today,
opinion Tennessean Opinion Published 11:55 p.m. UTC Jul 25, 2018 There have recently been a few minor stories about the closing…
Restricting opioids caused my husband's death
Kitsap Sun,
A car accident is the reason my husband developed chronic pain. The backlash against opiate addiction and the response caused…
Restricting opioids caused my husband's death
Detroit Free Press,
A car accident is the reason my husband developed chronic pain. The backlash against opiate addiction and the response caused…
As N.J. drug deaths rise, the good news is opioid prescriptions rates are declining
NJ.com,
Opioid prescriptions declined by 28 percent from 2013 to 2017 among policy holders at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New…
To End The Opioid Crisis, Doctors Must Acknowledge We Helped Create It
Huffington Post,
I’m a physician who specializes in addiction medicine, which means I’ve been busy lately.
Physical therapy could lower need for opioids
Sign of the Times,
© Maria Belen Farias, UF Health Photography, CC BY-SA Physical therapists Steven Hunter and Laura Hayes teach an unidentified…
Treating pain in children can teach us about treating pain in adults
MedicalXpress,
The U.S. government declared a national public health emergency in October 2017 to address the opioid addiction crisis.
Treating pain in children can teach us about treating pain in adults
The Conversation,
The U.S. government declared a national public health emergency in October 2017 to address the opioid addiction crisis.
Treating pain in children can teach us about treating pain in adults
WTOP,
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Hilary A.
Overdoses, prison, scant treatment: Mother's story shows state of KC’s opioid crisis
Kansas City Star,
Stephanie Gilmore’s daughter Stephanie Harris began using opioids legitimately at age 15.
Physical Therapy Can Lower Need for Opioids — But Many People Can't Afford It
Alternet,
Many people addicted to opioids are first exposed through a medical prescription for pain.
Chronic pain patients fear opioid crackdown will cost them their medication Chronic pain patients fear opioid crackdown will cost them their medication
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Published Oct. 18, 2017 “My nerve damage causes pain, and where the scar tissue wraps around the spinal cord it’s like sandpaper…
Legislators are pushing Pennsylvania backward on opioids | Opinion
Philly.com,
Two bills that are currently under consideration by Pennsylvania legislators threaten to take the commonwealth backward on…
Physical therapy could lower need for opioids, but lack of money and time are hurdles
MedicalXpress,
Physical therapists help people walk again after a stroke and recover after injury or surgery, but did you know they also…
Physical therapy could lower need for opioids, but lack of money and time are hurdles
The Conversation,
Physical therapists help people walk again after a stroke and recover after injury or surgery, but did you know they also…
Physical therapy could lower need for opioids, but lack of money and time are hurdles
Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Bishop…
Physical therapy could lower need for opioids, but lack of money and time are hurdles
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Bishop…
Physical therapy could lower need for opioids, but lack of money and time are hurdles
San Francisco Chronicle,
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Bishop…
Surviving Surgery Without Opioid Addiction
Psychology Today,
Source: Unsplash Anyone can be one surgery away from developing an addiction to prescription pain medication.
MIL-OSI USA: Benzodiazepines and Opioid
Foreign Affairs New Zealand,
Source: US Government – Health Info and News More than 30 percent of overdoses involving opioids also involve benzodiazepines…
Evidence shows docs are cutting opioid prescriptions: AMA
Modern Healthcare,
Physicians are prescribing fewer opioids and tracking prescriptions with greater frequency to address potential misuse…
AMA Castigated for Rightly Opposing a National 3-Day Limit on Opioid Prescriptions
Reason,
Casey Fleser / FlickrA bill sponsored by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) would impose a nationwide limit of three days on initial…
Austintown woman arrested on theft and drug charges
WFMJ,
An Austintown woman was arrested on Friday, for suspected theft and drug charges.
Is the crackdown on opioids failing patients?
KPCC : Southern California Public Radio,
Jan Curtis and her dog, Belle, at a park near her Huntington Beach home on April 27, 2018.
Walmart's 7-Day Opioid Prescription Limit Is Medically Unsound and Could Backfire
Reason,
WalmartThis week Walmart announced that its pharmacies will refuse to fill initial prescriptions for acute pain that last…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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A pharmacist speaks with a customer at Walmart Neighborhood Market in Bentonville, Ark., in 2014.
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
North East Public Radio,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
KTEP El Paso,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
NPR,
A pharmacist speaks with a customer at Walmart Neighborhood Market in Bentonville, Ark., in 2014.
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
KPBS,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
WJCT,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
WKAR,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
Tri States Public Radio,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
New England Public Radio,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
Kansas Public Radio,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
Georgia Public Radio,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
WUNC,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
WUWM,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
Wyoming Public Radio,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
Northern Public Radio,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
WVPE,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
WUKY,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
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Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer
Northeastern Indiana Public Radio ,
Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in…
Walmart to limit opioid prescriptions at pharmacies amid epidemic
MSN,
Walmart announced Monday the retail giant will begin to restrict opioid prescriptions to help stem the deadly drug epidemic.
How Walmart's decision to limit opioid prescriptions could affect U.S. drug abuse
MSN,
Walmart is expanding its Opioid Stewardship Initiative, introducing additional measures this week in an effort to further curb…
How Walmart’s Decision to Limit Opioid Prescriptions Could Affect U.S. Drug Abuse
Fortune,
Walmart is expanding its Opioid Stewardship Initiative, introducing additional measures this week in an effort to further curb…
Santa Cruz County medical professionals discuss opioid alternatives
Santa Cruz Sentinel,
SANTA CRUZ >> More opioid prescriptions are written by Palo Alto Medical Foundation doctors in Santa Cruz County than the…
Heroin Detox Clinics Creates Review For CDC Drug Overdose Report
Tucson News Now,
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HeroinDetoxClinics.com breaks down latest statistics about the opioid epidemic and overdose rates from the…
Heroin Detox Clinics Creates Review For CDC Drug Overdose Report
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GlobeNewswire 2018-04-15 SAN DIEGO, April 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HeroinDetoxClinics.com breaks down latest statistics…
Heroin Detox Clinics Creates Review For CDC Drug Overdose Report
Benzinga,
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HeroinDetoxClinics.com breaks down latest statistics about the opioid epidemic and overdose rates from the…
Heroin Detox Clinics Creates Review For CDC Drug Overdose Report
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(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HeroinDetoxClinics.com breaks down latest statistics about the opioid epidemic and overdose rates from the…
Heroin Detox Clinics Creates Review For CDC Drug Overdose Report
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(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HeroinDetoxClinics.com breaks down latest statistics about the opioid epidemic and overdose rates from the…
The Best Medicine For Chronic Pain Is Not A Drug, Experts Say
Northern Public Radio,
It took several months and a team of half a dozen doctors, nurses and therapists to help Kim Brown taper off the opioid…
Nursing schools changing curricula to address opioid epidemic
Inside Higher Ed,
Nurses are on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. As the first faces many patients see, nurses have the opportunity to…
Medicare Agency Retreats From Arbitrary Limit on Pain Medication
Reason,
Medicare Agency Retreats From Arbitrary Limit on Pain Medication Under the final rule, pharmacists may fill high-dose opioid…