Enlarge this image Families that lost loved ones to the opioid crisis protested outside Suffolk Superior Court in Boston as lawyers for…
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Jan. 31, 2019 — The FDA has announced “unprecedented” steps to help companies develop over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone to cut opioid overdose deaths.…
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Steep Climb In Benzodiazepine Prescribing By Primary Care Doctors
by Rhitu Chatterjee January 25, 2019Enlarge this image The drugs clonazepam and diazepam are both benzodiazepines; they’re better known by the brand names Klonopin and Valium. The…
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California Doctors Alarmed As State Links Their Opioid Prescriptions to Deaths
by April Dembosky January 23, 2019Enlarge this image When a former patient died from a lethal combination of methadone and Benadryl, Dr. Ako Jacintho got a letter…
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Massachusetts Attorney General Implicates Family Behind Purdue Pharma In Opioid Deaths
by Martha Bebinger January 16, 2019Enlarge this image A filing by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey detailed the Sackler family’s role in Purdue Pharma’s marketing of OxyContin.…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 17, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Vaping among American teenagers increased dramatically in 2018, with nearly two of every…
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‘Nowhere To Go But Up ‘ — A Small Town Confronts Its Addiction Crisis
by Ian Brown December 15, 2018Enlarge this image The 2016 viral photo of a couple passed out in a car while a child sits in the back…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Infants born addicted to opioids may be more likely to have smaller heads…