Category Archives: Prescription Drug Abuse

Friday, March 6th, 2020
Heroin Addiction Expert Says There is an “Even Bigger Crisis” Than Opioid Addiction
Heroin Addiction Expert Says There is an “Even Bigger Crisis” Than Opioid Addiction In 2015, Florida’s Manatee County recorded 57 fatal drug overdoses. At the time, that level was...
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019
Opioid Use In College Students
Opioid Use In College Students While it is widely thought that opioid misuse and disorders are conditions of the less educated (1), it’s a myth that the opioid crisis...
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Friday, November 15th, 2019
FDA Issues Warning About Unproven Claims that Kratom can Cure Opioid Addiction
FDA Issues Warning About Unproven Claims that Kratom can Cure Opioid Addiction The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings to two companies that it says are...
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Tuesday, November 5th, 2019
Construction Workers Most Likely to Use Opioids, Cocaine
Construction Workers Most Likely to Use Opioids, Cocaine Researchers at the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at NYU College of Global Public Health have released the...
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
Long-term Dental Study to Determine Whether OTC Meds as Effective as Opioids
Rutgers University School of Dentistry will be heading a long-term study looking at whether non-addictive pain medications (acetaminophen and ibuprofen – OTC meds) are as effective as opioids after...
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Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the prescription pain reliever OxyContin, has a hearing scheduled in federal court in White Plains, New York, for the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case....
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Oklahoma Judge Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $572M for Opioid Crisis
Pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $572 million in damages to the state of Oklahoma after losing a lawsuit. The State claimed (1) that the...
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Friday, August 2nd, 2019
Employers Face Uncertainty When Dealing with Opioid-Addicted Workers
The national opioid epidemic is creating a legal wrinkle in the nation’s workplaces. Workers who are living with addiction are protected under federal law — the Americans with Disabilities...
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Monday, July 22nd, 2019
FDA Proposes New Rules for Opioid Manufacturers, New Drugs to be Less Addictive
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing that rules for opioid manufacturers be tightened to make new drugs less addictive. The Agency’s Acting Commissioner Ned Sharpless withdrew...
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