Tag: Drug Abuse
Opioid-Related Insurance Claims Rise 3,000 Percent
Present crisis disproportionately affecting white, middle-class people in non-urban settings
Some Opioid Users May Be Taking Gabapentin Without an Rx
Findings reveal need for more robust testing
Shared Drug Snorting Straws May Transmit Hepatitis C Virus
Findings among HCV-infected women reporting noninjection drug use
U.S. Medical Schools to Expand Training on Opioid Abuse
Health experts note that opioids are prescribed too often, possibly because of poor training
Pharmacy Programs to ID Opioid Abuse Effective, but Underused
Monitoring program in Maine was only used by 56 percent of pharmacists
Coprescribing Naloxone to Opioid Users Helps Reduce ER Visits
Finding supports naloxone prescriptions for patients taking opioids for chronic pain
Misuse of Opioids Doubled in the United States Over a Decade
Over 4 percent of adults reported nonmedical use of drugs like OxyContin in 2012 to 2013
Many Patients Prescribed Opioids Sharing Leftover Pills
Two new U.S. studies shed additional light on opioid epidemic
New Synthetic Drug Linked to Dozens of Deaths Across U.S.
U-47700 is an opioid that is nearly eight times more powerful than morphine
FDA Warns of Overdoses of Anti-Diarrhea Drug
Loperamide can cause serious heart problems when taken in higher-than-recommended amounts
