HEALTH April 20, 2017 FDA further restricts pain medication use in kids U.S. regulators are strengthening warnings about the dangers of two types of powerful opioid painkillers, codeine and tramadol, due to risks of slowed breathing and death.
Painkillers April 12, 2017 Opioids after surgery: Which patients don't stop when they should The first time many patients in the United States take prescription opioid painkillers is following surgery.
US April 7, 2017 Over-the-counter medicine emerges as an alternative for opioid addicts In a law of unintended consequences, an over-the-counter treatment for diarreah typically seen as commonplace and harmless, is accounting for a rising number of overdoses, reports The Atlantic magazine.
US March 31, 2017 Trump's opioid addiction commission lauded by relatives of overdose victims Perhaps more than anyone, they felt hope and relief over the news this week that President Donald Trump had established an opioid addiction commission that is tasked with looking at ways to respond to an epidemic that claims some 90 deaths each day in the United States.
Drug and Substance Abuse March 24, 2017 Some of the youngest opioid victims are curious toddlers Curious toddlers find the drugs in a mother's purse or accidentally dropped on the floor.
Painkillers March 10, 2017 NFL sued by 1.8K ex-players over alleged misuse of painkillers A federal lawsuit filed by more than 1,800 former NFL players against each of the league’s 32 teams alleges the trainers and physicians regularly and routinely broke regulations to dispense painkillers and other prescription-strength anti-inflammatories at rates far higher than previously acknowledged or revealed.
Painkillers February 24, 2017 Painkillers often stored within reach of little kids Opioid pain relievers such as codeine and hydrocodone often aren't stored safely in households with children, according to a new study.
Painkillers February 24, 2017 Strict limits on opioid prescribing risks the ‘inhumane treatment’ of pain patients Turning voluntary guidelines about prescribing opioids for chronic pain into strict policy will deny these medications to people who truly need them.
Drug and Substance Abuse February 22, 2017 Opioids unnecessary for dental work, doc says From 1999 to 2010, fatalities from opioid overdose have quadrupled with many of these cases involving teens, according to a JAMA study.
Painkillers January 26, 2017 How to treat an opioid epidemic The grim faces of the nation’s opioid epidemic—an overdosing parent slumped in the front seat of a car, mouth agape, with a neglected child in the rear seat—have become too familiar in recent years.
Painkillers January 15, 2017 Documentary on convicted doc highlights providers' role in opioid epidemic According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 91 Americans die from opioid overdoses every day.
