Fighting addiction means taking a hard look at opioid prescribing
NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...
FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Drug in 20 Years
The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and ...
FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals.The drug ...
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Missourians die from opioid overdoses. First responders need every tool to save them | Opinion
This measure, signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson, updated the definition of an opioid antagonist to encompass any drug or device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration that ...
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Babies Fall Victim to the Opioid Crisis
Opioids pass readily from a pregnant woman ... Experts don’t consider it to be addiction, which, by definition, means a person persists in compulsive drug use despite terrible consequences.