Sentences with phrase «by opioid manufacturers»

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Taking dangerous quantities of the otherwise safe loperamide is one strategy being used by people addicted to opioid painkillers and other drugs since it can increase opioid absorption in the gut; the FDA says it is now working with loperamide manufacturers to change its packaging so that it comes with fewer doses and is thus harder to abuse.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working with manufacturers to tweak the packaging of loperamide, a common OTC and prescription anti-diarrhea medication that is now also being used by people addicted to opioids to stem withdrawal symptoms or enhance their highs.

Though the Senate Republicans have repeatedly insisted they would not accept any of the new taxes and / or fees proposed by the governor in the state budget, the final deal is likely to include a tax on opioid manufacturers, surcharges on taxi and Uber rides in Manhattan and also a new, uniform sexual harassment policy for government workers.

As proposed by Cuomo, that contingency fund would filled with proceeds from converting non-profit healthcare companies to for - profit status, along with new taxes on health insurers and opioid manufacturers.

We would have an opioid surcharge, 2 cents per milligram will be paid by the manufacturer and would go to offset the costs that we're spending to fight opioid abuse,» Cuomo said on January 16.

-- Opioid epidemic surcharge ($ 127 million): With New York among the states hit hardest by the heroin and painkiller addiction epidemic, Cuomo is looking to place a 2 - cents - per - milligram tax on opioids sold in the state, to be paid by drug manufacturers.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman - and 40 of his fellow state attorneys general - want to fully explore the role played by four major manufacturers of prescription opioids.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day Announces Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers added by rctadmin on August 3, 2017 View all posts by rctadmin →

We would have an opioid surcharge, 2 cents per milligram will be paid by the manufacturer and would go to offset the costs that we're spending to fight opioid abuse,» Cuomo said on January 16th.

The resolution to sue opioid manufacturers was sponsored by Democrats Robert Calarco, Kara Hahn, Sarah Anker, and DuWayne Gregory.

The suit, filed last week in Crittenden County Circuit Court, brings together 215 Arkansas cities and all 75 counties in the state and accuses opioid manufacturers of wreaking havoc by aggressively pushing the drugs from the early 2000s to the present, leading to hundreds of overdose deaths while straining law enforcement and public health resources.