Sentences with phrase «including opioid painkillers»

At eight sites across Michigan on Sept. 30, anyone can drop off unused, unneeded medications — including opioid painkillers — to reduce their risk to people and the environment.

Woods, 41, had five drugs in his system, including the opioid painkiller hydrocodone, when he was arrested on May 29 in Jupiter, Florida, according to a toxicology report police released at the time.

Not exact matches

One key factor contributing to the trend is the major spike in fatalities related to drugs, including prescription painkillers containing addictive opioids (like oxycodone and fentanyl) and illegal drugs like heroin; another is the second straight year that gun deaths have risen after 15 years of remaining relatively stable.

Safety - sensitive transportation workers — including flight crew, air traffic controllers, truck drivers and train engineers — will be screened for several common opioid painkillers starting next year, according to a new federal rule published Monday.

In a statement released Friday, coroner Jonathan Lucas said that Petty's system showed signs of several opioid painkillers, including fentanyl and oxycodone, in addition to the other drugs.

While prescription painkillers have played a role in the epidemic, crackdowns mean many now get opioids on the street — including fentanyl, which can be 100 times more powerful than heroin.

They found the number of ED visits by patients age 21 and younger for any reason who were diagnosed with addiction or dependency on opioids — which include prescription painkillers as well as illicit drugs such as heroin — rose from 32,235 in 2008 to 49,626 in 2013.

The team will help members of 12 such networks understand and use best practices for pain control in their patients, including the wisest use of opioid painkillers.

Painkillers are generally broken down into three categories: opioid (narcotic) analgesics, non-narcotic analgesics (which include NSAIDs), and adjuvant therapies such as anticonvulsants, muscle relaxants, and antidepressants.

In November, a presidential commission headed by Mr. Trump's one - time political rival for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, issued a 56 - recommendation report that included calls for the federal government to set up drug courts across the U.S., retrain medical prescribers on opioid use and reduce incentives for doctors to offer the powerful painkillers.

The government alleged that a chiropractor billed Medicare and a state Medicaid program improperly for painkillers, including Opioids.

Given these risks, most life insurance companies deny coverage to an applicant who tests positive for addictive drugs, including cocaine, meth, heroin, non-prescription painkillers or opioids.

The Trump administration said it will seek stiffer penalties against drug dealers — including the death penalty where appropriate under current law — and it wants the number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers to be cut by one - third nationwide as part of a broad effort to combat the opioid crisis.