During a visit to China Monday, HHS Secretary Tom Price praised the nation for its help battling the opioid crisis in the U.S., calling the nation "an incredible partner," according to ABC News.
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Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed an executive directive Tuesday establishing a special opioid council to bolster Michigan's response to the opioid crisis.
Many Americans (51 percent) have experienced back pain in the past 12 months, and of the 58% of those who sought treatment from a medical professional, 40 percent said they were recommended prescription painkillers, according to the Truven Health Analytics-NPR…
While drug overdose death rates among adolescents fell by 26 percent from 2007 to 2014, the rate began climbing in 2015, according to a report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
Giving patients buprenorphine to treat their opioid dependence in the emergency department is more cost-effective than referring them to a community treatment center or implementing a brief intervention, according a study published in the journal Addiction.
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A study, published in JAMA Surgery, examined how commonly postoperative prescription opioids are unused and how they are stored or disposed of.
The city of Cincinnati on Aug. 15 filed a lawsuit against AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson Corp. for the companies' alleged failure to report and halt suspicious orders of opioids in the community.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed suit against Purdue Pharma Tuesday, alleging the OxyContin manufacturer conducted deceptive opioid marketing in the state.
Three nurses at Massillon, Ohio-based Affinity Medical Center fell ill and lost consciousness after treating an overdose patient August 11, reports Dayton Daily News.
Opioid-related admissions and deaths in hospital intensive care units spiked significantly between 2009 and 2015, according to new research, published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.