Psychology Today3h
Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
CBS Sacramento on MSN2h
Stockton researchers share how a new life-saving drug could offer help in opioid crisis
A University of Pacific professor and his team developed a drug delivery system that they say could offer a game-changing ...
Victoria News2h
‘Number one killer’: Expert panel delves into toxic opioid crisis in Victoria
The first event, ‘Out of Harm’s Way’: Insight, Innovation, and Action to End the Toxic Drug Crisis, kicked off the series on ...
The American Journal of Managed Care2h
Suzetrigine: First-in-Class Non-Opiate Pain Therapy is Approved by FDA
Suzetrigine (Journavx) is the first new drug approved to treat acute pain in over 20 years and the first to be classified as ...
Milwaukee’s Older Black Men Are Becoming Most Susceptible To Opioid Crisis
As the opioid epidemic slows, there is a growing number of older Black men in Milwaukee who are dying of fentanyl-related causes.
Hoodline6h
Wake County EMS Frontline Heroes Use Revolutionary Approach to Tackle Opioid Crisis with On-the-Spot Treatment
Wake County EMS's MOUD program successfully integrates buprenorphine treatment for opioid use in prehospital care.
FDA approves new, non-opioid painkiller Journavx
The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...
US FDA Approves Vertex's Non-Opioid Painkiller
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' drug to treat acute pain, the health ...
Hoodline3h
Avondale Launches Spanish-Language Fentanyl Awareness Forum to Combat Opioid Crisis
Avondale's ONE Campaign is hosting a Spanish-language Fentanyl Awareness Forum on February 27, providing education and ...
Vertex’s non-opioid pain drug gets FDA approval in milestone for company and research
Despite high demand for an option like Journavx, doctors fear the drug’s price could be a major hangup for insurers, potentially limiting patients’ ability to access it.
Hosted on MSN17h
Readers Offer Their Takes on the Opioid Crisis, Family Doctor Shortage, and Vaccine Policies
Rooting Out the Root Cause of the Opioid Crisis. I read with interest your detailed coverage of how states are spending ...
Montgomery Advertiser18h
Key takeaways from Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed's state of the city address
Plans for the year ahead range from a program meant to address gun violence to an effort to expand convention space.