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A recent survey found that opioid or other drug abuse was one of the most serious problems in rural communities, according to a study published Jan. 8 in JAMA Network Open. 

Acetaminophen-hydrocodone was the opioid most commonly prescribed at discharge from emergency departments from 2012 to 2017, according to a new CDC report.

Opioid prescriptions in Minnesota have dropped significantly over the last few years, but the state still intends to implement penalties against certain physicians that overprescribe painkillers, the Minnesota Department of Human Services announced Jan 3. 

Amid a national opioid crisis, some hospitals have changed how they administer pain medication, a move some say can leave sickle cell patients suffering, according to NPR. 

Medicaid prescriptions for buprenorphine, a treatment for opioid use disorder, differed significantly by state in 2018, according to a report from the Urban Institute.

Children with private insurance undergoing tonsillectomies often receive opioids, with an average prescription of six to 10 days, according to a study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Nineteen percent of Americans are using opioids to specifically to treat migraine headaches, up from 16 percent in 2009, according to new research.

While U.S. pharmacies are dispensing more naloxone prescriptions than ever before, the amount of opioid prescriptions dispensed still outpaces those for the lifesaving opioid overdose antidote, according to a CDC report cited by STAT.

Washington insurer First Choice Health is offering up its prescription opioid use data to employers in the Seattle area free of charge, the insurer said July 11. 

The claim that medical marijuana laws are linked to lower rates of fatal opioid overdoses may be wrong, according to a study published in PNAS.