Sentences with phrase «made opioid drugs»

The recent epidemic of opioid - related deaths has been driven primarily by use of illegally made opioid drugs.

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Marino was under fire after reports emerged that he'd boosted a law that eventually made it harder for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to freeze certain suspicious shipments, which critics say made federal efforts to fight opioid abuse more difficult.

State and the federal governments are making historic moves to combat the U.S. opioid drug crisis.

The call to execute certain drug traffickers is drawing the most attention, but another part of the plan could make a big difference: The White House will support research into developing a vaccine for opioid addiction.

He points out a couple factors that make it hard to assign blame when it comes to the opioid epidemic — pain meds are lawful drugs, approved and regulated by the federal government, and there are «a whole lot of intermediaries: in the distribution process.

Drugmakers have benefitted from the surge of opioid - related deaths in the U.S.; last year, Bloomberg reported that the drug's price had risen tenfold in recent years, with state and local governments shelling out to make the med more widely available.

But what makes the concept of executing drug dealers especially problematic — in addition to its inconsistencies with a pro-life ethic — is its radical approach to trying to deal with the opioid epidemic.

The lawsuit takes primary aim against pharmaceutical companies that make promote, market and distribute opioid - based drugs such as OxyContin and Percocet and generics such as oxycodone and hydrocodone.

Making this drug available without a prescription is critical to combating the rise in opioid related deaths.»

While in the Assembly, Shelley sponsored legislation that makes naloxone, a life - saving drug that stops opioid overdoses, more easily available.

The county is accusing drug companies and distributors of painkillers made from opioids of downplaying the risks of those kinds of drugs that have fueled a nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction.

Cuomo also wants to impose a fee on prescription opioid drugs and products related to electronic cigarettes, and make a better effort to collect sales taxes on products purchased online.

Hours before the vote Senate President Joe Negron kicked off the 2018 legislative session by urging lawmakers to address the opioid crisis and to make sure addicts have access to the resources they need to beat their drug habits.

The drug can not be administered to those who have had opioids in their system for 7 to 10 days, making prisoners a good test population for others who may benefit from the treatment, the sheriff said.

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday signed sweeping legislation that aims to reduce the number of opioid pills sitting in medicine cabinets, provide new help to addicts and make it easier to administer life - saving drugs to those who overdose.

They have also made more training available to physicians interested in being certified providers of buprenorphine, an opioid medication that curbs cravings and withdrawal symptoms in those addicted to drugs and are looking forward to targeting such training to physicians who treat adolescent and teenage patients, Burstein said.

Cuomo also suggested that the ever - powerful pharmaceutical companies that make opioids educate doctors on the adverse affects of the drugs.

As I've been reporting a story about the opioid epidemic, I've sorted through a lot of tragic numbers that make the astronomical spike in deaths and injuries related to the drugs feel more real.

Some people who have primarily abused opioid pain medication have turned to gabapentin after crackdowns made it more difficult to obtain opioid prescriptions or purchase the drug on the street because of its expense.

The results suggested that opioids may trigger glia to set off system - wide pain signaling that both counteracts the pain relief from the drug and makes the body generally more sensitive to pain.

A few researchers, like Mao, think hyperalgesia is an underappreciated puzzle piece in the opioid epidemic — a force that can pile on pain, drive up doses, and make it harder for chronic users to come off their drugs.

Researchers may have found a way to make opioids safer by separating the drugs» pain relieving effects from their most dangerous side effect, respiratory suppression, which, in very severe cases, causes patients to stop breathing and to die.

In light of the growing opioid crisis, the Federal Drug Administration in October 2014 reclassified all hydrocodone products in a way that makes them more carefully controlled, including limiting prescriptions to a 30 - day supply with no refills.

A: Yea, it's possible it could lead to that, but we need to recognize that these are effective drugs in treating short - term pain in particular, and we need to make sure there is an opportunity for people with pain to have opioids as part of their treatment.

Despite the potential for new, better opioids, other researchers are focused on an altogether different set of pain - killing drugs: the cannabinoids (made famous by marijuana, the dried leaves and other parts of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa).

«Across the country, and especially in Pennsylvania, there's been a significant effort made by physicians, law enforcement, politicians and others to take necessary steps to address the staggering statistics related to both prescription opioid pain relievers and the street - drug heroin,» says Scott Shapiro MD, president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

In Pennsylvania, there's been a push to make Naloxone, a drug capable of reversing an opioid overdose, available to public schools.

Called the «overdose drug» because it counteracts the potentially lethal effects of heroin, oxycodone, and other abused narcotics, this lifesaving medicine is making headlines thanks to the opioid addiction epidemic.

Second, sugar has the ability to increase pleasure - yielding opioids in the brain, similar to morphine and heroin, making one's sugar cravings often too strong to ignore.29 Julia Ross tells us in The Diet Cure, «For some of us, certain foods, particularly ones that are sweet and starchy, can have a drug - like effect, altering our brains» mood chemistry and fooling us into a false calm, or a temporary energy surge.

This brand is made with 2 active ingredients, a drug often used to block opioids and a drug that helps decrease appetite and reduce the risk of depression.

Back pain, in turn, is a driving force behind opioid drug use, which makes it a central focus not just for decreasing disability claims and improving health and quality of life for millions of people, but also for tackling a rapidly growing problem of legal drug abuse and the associated death toll.

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Adams has made addiction his top priority and wants to make naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses, more widely available.