Sentences with phrase «many opioid»

The agents were particularly interested in the facility's practices when it came to an even smaller subset of those scheduled drugs: the highly addictive pain medicines containing oxycodone and hydrocodone that have been at the center of the nation's opioid epidemic.

These devices dispense a drug called buprenorphine — itself an opioid, but one that doesn't produce the sort of euphoric and addictive high that more powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and morphine do.

It has also joined the broader effort to address the country's opioid epidemic.

That means peace of mind for diabetes patients, who no longer have to constantly prick their fingers to measure blood sugar and manually adjust insulin doses, and hope for recovering opioid addicts, who might face a relapse if they don't adhere to a strict treatment protocol.

Despite growing concern about the opioid epidemic, the top ten leading causes of death have remained the same since 2015.

The commission's interim report attempts to address some of the most pressing problems surrounding the opioid epidemic.

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.

• Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, a Princeton, N.J. - based provider of treatment solutions for opioid addiction, raised $ 110 million in funding.

But some states disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic have already declared states of emergency.

While the innovation was initially used for purposes such as injecting pain sufferers with powerful opioids, it became a true game changer once insulin came on the scene in 1921.

For instance, it encourages «model» federal legislation that would prop up the widespread and automatic adoption of «naloxone,» an opioid overdose antidote that an increasing number of police forces have adopted.

The incident is a case study in how companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain have come under fire for their alleged role in the country's opioid crisis and of the questions that have been raised about the responsibility of middleman companies that distribute prescription painkillers.

The (economic) cost of the opioid epidemic: $ 504 billion.

The White House opioid group laid out the dire stakes early on in an interim report released Monday.

President Donald Trump made combating America's opioid addiction and prescription painkiller epidemic a major plank of his 2016 campaign.

The report noted that this drop is due in large part to the growing opioid epidemic in the U.S. — mortality from drug overdoses rose by 21 percent in 2016.

«So, are there things FDA can do to make sure that the dispensing of opioids more consistently reflects the clinical circumstances?»

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» wide - ranging new crackdown on drug offenders could exacerbate one of America's most persistent public health tragedies: the heroin and opioid addiction epidemic that's been ravaging the country and killed nearly 35,000 Americans in 2015 alone.

«He went on to talk about, «Nobody really showed love for me when I was addicted for opioids and in the hospital,»» Darden recalled.

One big headline item: the new CDC report finding that the opioid and heroin addiction crisis is fueling a massive surge in hepatitis C cases.

Kapoor's arrest comes a day after President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency and nearly a year after former Insys CEO Michael Babich and five other onetime executives were arrested as part of an alleged «nationwide conspiracy.»

Introducing the new science of «hotspotting» — and a fantastic new online resource in the fight against opioid addiction.

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb wants the agency to take «more forceful steps» in combatting the opioid crisis.

Kanye West gave a more detailed account of his hospitalization and addiction to opioids, telling TMZ that he received liposuction because he was insecure about his body — and was then prescribed opioid pills after the surgery.

White House opioid commission urges state of emergency on crisis.

New federal rule will require airline pilots, train engineers and truck drivers to undergo random tests for some opioids.

Hepatitis C cases are rising sharply because of the opioid epidemic.

Each time the BCRA has been modified to meet moderates» demands — say, by adding far more money to tackle the opioid addiction crisis, as the latest draft does — some other provision upsets the right - wing (such as the investment income taxes which affect the wealthy that are now being kept in the bill).

U.S. life expectancy has actually fallen for two years in a row — and while the opioid addiction and overdose epidemic has a part to play in that, overall, the diseases that kill Americans have been killing a larger share of them.

It's been a busy week for health care news between some high - profile setbacks for certain major cancer drug makers, high - profile victories for others, the confirmation of a new FDA chief, health care merger drama, and a slew of public health reports about the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C, and U.S. life expectancy.

Part of the reason is that it can take years to access prison rehabilitation programs if you have a longer sentence because people with shorter sentences get priority; despite recent national efforts to make opioid antidotes and addiction treatments more widely accessible, many prisons still don't have these programs in place, leaving addicts who make it out of prison far more susceptible to relapse.

The ongoing American opioid and heroin epidemic is fueling another scourge: hepatitis C infections, according to a new Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report.

On the agenda for discussion: whether the FDA should implement a mandatory education program on opioid prescription for doctors, and whether the agency should limit the number of opioid doses a patient is prescribed.

Shares of Nektar Therapeutics rose 4.5 % in Tuesday trading as the company's opioid - modifying painkiller proved to have far less abuse potential than conventional opioids in a clinical study.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a «statement of intent» to prop up suits against opioid makers and distributors.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 19,410 people died from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in 2016.

The company has a goal of his own: finding out if marijuana can become an effective pain management medicine that replaces opioids.

Walmart, the fourth largest U.S. pharmacy operator, has introduced a tool to combat the nation's raging opioid crisis — a packet that dissolves unused medication, making it easier to throw away.

As the government cracks down anew on smokers, it's providing funding to initiatives aimed at cracking down on highly addictive opioids.

The Times reported Wednesday that Trump was glancing at a fact sheet about the opioid crisis, which had been billed as the focus of the briefing.

He also noted that Pennsylvania has been one of the states hit hardest by the opioid addiction crisis.

CNBC's Ylan Mui reports on how bitcoin is fueling American's opioid crisis and how one Senator is fighting for more regulation for cryptocurrency.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Reuters)- Nine students from the University of California, Santa Barbara suffered an apparent mass overdose of prescription opioids at a party and were taken to a local hospital, police said on Friday.

«Canadian consumption of prescribed opioids has risen by 200 per cent since 2000,» the budget document states.

There are some startling stats behind the idea: 65 % of opioid abusers get them from unwitting family and friends, and about one third of medications sold go unused, meaning they're more readily available for abuse.

Similarly, against the backdrop of new data, funding and policy being implemented to address the opioid epidemic, we have an opportunity to further expand patient access to VIVITROL, increase utilization and drive growth.»

In fact, the team of «decision designers,» specialized clinicians, data scientists, and digital developers at Express Scripts» innovation lab was able to identify the opioid threat before it became a crisis.

And the opioid epidemic is at the forefront of this crisis, with fears the drugs could kill nearly 500,000 people over the next decade.

President Donald Trump speaks about North Korea during an opioid - related briefing at Trump's golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 8, 2017.

President Donald Trump (R) speaks about North Korea as he sits beside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tom Price (L) during an opioid - related briefing at Trump's golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 8, 2017.