As government and healthcare officials work to curb the use of highly addictive opioid prescription painkillers, a research paper published February in the journal PAIN suggests the number of Americans dealing with chronic pain is rising.
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A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to allocate funds to combat the nation's opioid epidemic in the budget for fiscal year 2018.
Mercy Clinic Oncology and Hematology in Norman (Okla.) has been closed since Feb. 27 after a burst pipe caused water damage, according to The Norman Transcript.
The Cabell County (W.V.) Commission on Thursday filed suit against drug wholesalers and pharmaceutical retailers to recoup finances spent addressing the high rates of opioid abuse in the community, according to a report from The Herald-Dispatch.
A team of surgeons at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., conducted an initiative that reduced opioid prescriptions for a number of minor procedures by 53 percent. Despite the reduction in prescriptions, patients still didn't use all the pills they…
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Drug overdose deaths in West Virginia have overwhelmed the state's indigent burial program for the fifth consecutive year, according to The Washington Post.
The majority of Americans (57 percent) have been prescribed narcotic painkillers, according to a Truven Health Analytics-NPR Health Poll survey.
Boston Medical Center will launch the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine after receiving a $25 million donation to fund the center, according a report from the Boston Globe.
Despite living amid a well-documented national opioid epidemic, patients taking prescription opioids show little concern over addiction risks associated with the drugs, according to a recent NPR-Truven Health Analytics poll.
Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is targeting the opioid abuse crisis in his state by increasing funds and coordination between jurisdictions to boost treatment and prevention efforts.