A pilot pharmacy management program launched by WellCare Health Plans resulted in a 50 percent reduction in opioid dispensation among WellCare members in Kentucky.
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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, said during his remarks to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday the FDA plans to expand the use of medications such as buprenorphine and methadone for the treatment of…
President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce he is instructing HHS to declare the opioid overdose epidemic a public health emergency, according to a report from The New York Times.
The Volusia County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday released a video of a couple found passed out in their car in the parking lot of a convenience store in Deland, Fla., with their baby sweating in the backseat and wearing a…
President Donald Trump told reporters on Oct. 16 he'd officially declare the nation's ongoing opioid overdose crisis a national emergency this week. The move would be unprecedented on the national scale, according to a report from ABC News.
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Fulton County officials filed a lawsuit on Monday against multiple drugmakers, drug distributors and physicians for their alleged role in facilitating high rates of opioid overdoses in the Georgia county, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the nation, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, says he regrets the agency's previous inaction in response to the crisis , reports USA Today.
The American Hospital Association released a new toolkit — Stem the Tide: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic.
Beaumont Medical Center-West Bloomfield (Mich.) temporarily closed Tuesday after a water main break in suburban Detroit Monday evening.
San Francisco-based McKesson Corp., a supply chain management company that partners with pharmaceutical manufacturers, providers and pharmacies, expressed support for declaring the U.S.' opioid epidemic a national emergency.