Enlarge this image Purdue Pharma, headquartered in Stamford, Conn., the Sackler family, which owns the company, settled a case brought by the…
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Enlarge this image Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, testifying before a House subcommittee in May. There are “very tight restrictions”…
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Enlarge this image Suboxone, a medicine to treat opioid addiction, helps people struggling with substance abuse by blocking their cravings and physical…
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Insurer To Purdue Pharma: We Won’t Pay For OxyContin Anymore
by Blake Farmer September 12, 2018Enlarge this image Despite abuse deterrent formulation, Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin continues to be used by some people with opioid addiction to get…
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Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid Prescribing Debate
by Will Stone July 8, 2018Enlarge this image Shannon Hubbard has complex regional pain syndrome and considers herself lucky that her doctor hasn’t cut back her pain…
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Enlarge this image Mady Ohlman, who lives near Boston and has been sober for more than four years, says many drug users…
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Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing
by Greg Allen February 13, 2018Enlarge this image A young man uses heroin under a bridge in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, a neighborhood that has become…
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Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely
by Will Stone December 19, 2017Enlarge this image The rising number of opioid-linked deaths led Arizona to declare a public health emergency in 2017. Needle exchange programs…
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