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Opioid OD Rescue Drug Narcan Will Reach Drug Store Shelves Next Week

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30, 2023 – Narcan, a lifesaving medication that reverses opioid overdose, will be available on U.S. drugstore shelves and online starting next week. People who want to carry Narcan,...

Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Oxycontin Maker's Bankruptcy Deal

FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 – A bankruptcy deal that would have shielded the family behind the company that makes Oxycontin from civil lawsuits was temporarily blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court on...

One in Five With Opioid Use Disorder Receive Medications

THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 – About 20 percent of adults with past-year opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2021 received medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), according to a research letter published...

FDA Approves Lucemyra (lofexidine hydrochloride) as the First Non-Opioid Treatment for Management of Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms

May 16, 2018 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Lucemyra (lofexidine hydrochloride) for the mitigation of withdrawal symptoms to facilitate abrupt discontinuation of opioids in...

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