Kitsap paramedics will provide emerging medication to aid opioid recovery
Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and ...
FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...
Justice Department sues Walgreens over alleged unlawful opioid prescriptions
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walgreens accusing the drugstore giant of filling millions of illegitimate ...
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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
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RFK Jr.’s views on addiction win a surprising endorsement: his cousin Patrick
Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for ...
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Purdue Pharma owners strike new $6.5 billion deal in opioid case
The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma, maker of the pain medication blamed for helping fuel the nation’s opioid crisis, has agreed to increase payments to settle long-running litigation ...