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CDC's new opioid guidelines are too little, too late for chronic pain patients, experts say
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoCDC's guidelines for opioid prescriptions for people with chronic pain allow doctors more...
CDC issues updated guidance on prescribing opioids
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday issued new guidance for providers on prescribing opioids for chronic pain, updating...
This experimental painkiller could be alternative to addictive opioids
Newsy via AOL· 4 months agoWhite pills are shown. An experimental drug could be a vital player in the plight to end the opioid...
US agency softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe nation’s top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors...
Smoking drugs claims more lives then injecting
NY Post via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNEW YORK (AP) — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests. The...
Opioid crisis cost U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 -congressional report
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and...
Hospitals prescribing fewer opioids to treat pain, CDC data shows
WFTV via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a decline in hospitals using...
Pharmacy distribution worker swapped prescription drug with aspirin and Tylenol, feds say
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA former pharmacy distribution employee in Pennsylvania has been indicted in federal court after...
The Shady Statistics Behind the War on Painkillers
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLex Villena About twenty-three years ago, public health officials began to notice increases in what would later be called "deaths of despair," referring...
Hospice nurse stole pain medications meant for patients at Minnesota clinic, feds say
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhile working as a registered nurse case manager at a hospice clinic in Minnesota, a woman stole...