Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection. As a former public ...
Dr. Andrew Kolodny, the executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, has been waging war on prescription pain medications for years. His recently-published piece, "The Opioid ...
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Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection. As a former public ...
Opioids have hit the U.S. hard in the 21st century. Several pharmaceutical companies, like Purdue Pharma and Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), have faced lawsuits related to how their companies marketed ...
In light of HHS declaring the U.S. opioid overdose crisis a public health emergency Oct. 26, the American Health Information Management Association released a set of seven characteristics providers ...
RICHMOND, Va. -- The governor of Virginia has declared the heroin epidemic a public health crisis in Virginia. The people who lost loved ones from opioids have found support in one another’s struggle, ...
Andrew Kolodny receives funding from the United States Food and Drug Administration for research on prescription drug monitoring programs. He is also the director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid ...