Recent Posts in the Opioid Category

• Johnson & Johnson Held Liable for Opioid Epidemic in Oklahoma

  Aug 28, 2019
  Over 130 people in the United States die from opioid overdoses every day. A landmark decision on Monday has held at least one company responsible for ...
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• How Doctors Can Create Opioid Addicts by Refusing New Chronic Pain Patients

  Jul 18, 2019
  The opioid epidemic has been a national crisis for years, with as many as 130 people die in the United States every day from opioid overdoses. While ...
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• Research Shows More Millennials & Gen Z Are Dying of Opioid Overdoses

  May 16, 2019
  The opioid epidemic continues to grip the nation as it leaves millions of families bereft at the premature loss of their young loved ones. Now more ...
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• How Families Can Address a Family Member’s Addiction

  May 6, 2019
  You’ve heard it before, probably on TV or online: “Let an addict hit rock bottom.” This outdated advice often terrifies family members who worry that ...
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• Opioid Reversal: Injections to Reverse Overdose

  Mar 25, 2019
  FDA Recommends Opiate Prescriptions with Naloxone for Overdose Reversal Seven of our states in the US are now following FDA regulations suggesting ...
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• Purdue Pharma Under Fire for Misguided Marketing of OxyContin

  Feb 5, 2019
  Purdue Pharma in Lawsuit Regarding OxyContin Mis-Marketing CBS News recently reported that Purdue Pharma, the drug company that is accused of ...
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• National Safety Council: Americans Are More Likely to Die of an Opioid Overdose Than a Motor Vehicle Crash

  Jan 21, 2019
  Recently, the National Safety Council updated its list of the “ Lifetime Odds of Death for Selected Causes, United States” to incorporate 2017 data on ...
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• CDC Says Fentanyl Is the Deadliest Drug in the U.S.

  Dec 17, 2018
  A new government report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that fentanyl is now the most common drug involved in drug ...
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