FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
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FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain
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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now.
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Kitsap paramedics will provide emerging medication to aid opioid recovery
The Washington state Department of Health launched ... Washingtonians live healthy and fulfilling lives, and to stop this opioid crisis from robbing those lives from our neighbors, friends ...
Justice Department sues Walgreens over alleged unlawful opioid prescriptions
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walgreens accusing the drugstore giant of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions across the country since 2012.
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Junk food under the gun as forces in Washington align to Make America Healthy Again
The intensifying focus in Washington has triggered a new level of interest on ... Food companies have tapped into “the same neural circuits that are involved in opioid addiction,” Califf said at the hearing. Sanders, who presided over the hearing ...
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RFK Jr.’s views on addiction win a surprising endorsement: his cousin Patrick
Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for opioid use disorder.
Purdue Pharma, Sackler family agree to $7 billion settlement over opioid crisis
The settlement, in principle, would not shield Purdue Pharma or the Sackler family from additional liability over their role in the opioid crisis.
Justice Department sues Walgreens over opioid drug prescriptions
The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions over a period of several years.