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U.S. Life Spans Rebound from Pandemic Lows, Helped by Drop in Fatal Overdoses
THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2024 – After years of decline, U.S. life expectancy is finally on the rise again for the first time since 2019, new government research shows. This turnaround was driven in part...
DOJ Alleges CVS Facilitated Unlawful Sales, Violating Federal Opioid Regulations
THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil complaint against CVS Pharmacy Inc., accusing the nation’s largest pharmacy chain of unlawfully filling prescriptions ...
Opioid Abuse Can Change the Brain
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – “This is your brain on drugs,” the old anti-drug admonition says, and now a new study has found there’s something to that chestnut. Opioid addicts experienced structural and ...
U.S. Overdose Deaths Drop 10% in Early Data
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 – In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America's opioid epidemic, new government data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths. The statistics, ...
Grandma, the Family Dog: Unexpected Sources of Opioid Tragedies for Young Kids
FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 – Grandma's pill organizer. Fido's pain medication. A tossed-away tissue. All are potential sources of opioid poisoning for young children, researchers at the New Jersey...
Few U.S. Jails Offer Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 – Few U.S. jails offer medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), according to a study published online Sept. 24 in JAMA Network Open. Elizabeth Flanagan Balawajder, M.P.H.,...
Semaglutide May Lower Risk for Opioid Overdose in T2DM, Opioid Use Disorder
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 – For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and opioid use disorder (OUD), semaglutide is associated with a significantly lower risk for opioid overdose compared with other...
Inmates in Many U.S. Jails Have No Access to Meds That Fight Opioid Addiction
TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 – Opioid use disorder can be a contributing factor to Americans landing in the nation's prisons and jails, but those inmates typically have no access to medications that...
Trends in Prehospital Encounters for Youth Opioid Overdose Identified
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – Prehospital encounters for youth opioid overdoses increased before the COVID-19 pandemic, then increased with onset, and then stabilized, according to a research letter...
Recreational Drug Use Triples Odds for Repeat Heart Crises
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 – Recreational drug users are three times more likely to have repeated heart health emergencies than people who don’t use, a new study has found. About 11% of patients a...
Buprenorphine + Naloxone Safe for Opioid Addiction in Pregnancy
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 – Pregnancies exposed to buprenorphine combined with naloxone have similar or more favorable neonatal and maternal outcomes as those exposed to buprenorphine alone, according...
Interprofessional Addiction Consultation Ups Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 – Interprofessional addiction consultation services significantly increase postdischarge medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) initiation and engagement among patients...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Opioid Pain Relievers or Medicines to Treat Opioid Use Disorder - FDA Recommends Health Care Professionals Discuss Naloxone with All Patients when Prescribing
ISSUE: FDA is requiring drug manufacturers for all opioid pain relievers and medicines to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) to add new recommendations about naloxone to the prescribing information....
FDA Approves Cassipa (buprenorphine and naloxone) Sublingual Film as Maintenance Treatment for Opioid Dependence
September 7, 2018 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cassipa (buprenorphine and naloxone) sublingual film (applied under the tongue) for the maintenance treatment of opioid...