Our nation is beset by an opioid epidemic that is colossal in scope and devastating in effect.
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In a move to expand access to medication-assisted opioid addiction treatments, the FDA plans to allow pharmaceutical companies to manufacture and sell medications that help reduce opioid cravings, even if they don't fully stop addiction, according to The New York…
The District of Columbia and 11 states in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the United States lack enough providers certified to prescribe medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction to meet current treatment demands, according to an analysis conducted by Avalere…
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health Plan will limit opioid prescriptions for members not already taking the medications to seven days, beginning March 8. Additionally, these members will only be allotted 14 days of opioids per month, according to a report from the…
If America wants to end the nation's worst drug overdose crisis in modern history, hospitals and health systems will have to do much of the heavy lifting.
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Efforts to address the opioid crisis in Cattaraugus County, N.Y., may be responsible for a reduction in countywide overdose deaths, according to a report from WBFO.
As Americans continue to die of drug overdoses at record-setting rates, The New York Times reached out to more than 100 healthcare professionals to get their take on treating patients with opioid addiction.
While President Donald Trump directed HHS to declare the nation's opioid crisis a public health emergency in October, the administration has yet to enact a specific strategy for a solution, according to a report from The New York Times.
Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, Fla., is one of three hospitals that received patients following Wednesday's shooting at Parkland, Fla.-based Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to a report on TCPalm.com.
Palm Beach County in Florida plans to launch an emergency room dedicated exclusively to people who overdose on opioids to provide faster treatment, according to a Sun-Sentinel report.