Canada appoints former Mountie as fentanyl czar to combat production of the dangerous opioid
Canada has named a former deputy commissioner with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as the country’s fentanyl czar ...
FDA approves new, non-opioid painkiller Journavx
The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...
State of Addiction: Tackling the growing, dangerous xylazine epidemic
Hearst Television's National Investigative Unit is learning more about a substance, not considered an opioid, being mixed ...
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New Report Finds Co-Prescribing Opioids and Benzodiazepines to Veterans at VHA from 2007 to 2019 Increased Their Risk of Death
A new congressionally mandated report examines how opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing between 2007 and 2019 impacted ...
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FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Journavx for short-term pain that often ...
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 ...
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Grading the Progress of National Initiatives on the Opioid Crisis
Two leading drug experts set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. This is how we've progressed since then.
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FDA OK's painkiller designed to end opioids' addiction and overdose risk
Washington — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.
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FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and ...