Doctor Indicted for Murder in Connection with Patient Overdoses
Doctor met with patients in parking lots, prescribing deadly amounts of opioids.
Drugs & Medical Devices
DEA Launches Operation Engage to Combat New Drug Threats
Operation Engage is rolled out to combat evolving, deadly opioid and meth threats.
Recovery Delivered Offers Online Addiction Treatment Programs
Recovery Delivered now offers opioid and alcohol detox online as well as other addiction treatment programs.
Walmart Rebuffs DOJ’s ‘Collective Knowledge’ Argument
Walmart submits new brief in DOJ case.
Readily Available Drugs Are Effective Nerve Pain Alternatives
Researchers reveal promising opioid alternative results.
New Proposal Will Build on Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act
U.S. Representative David Trone (D-Md.), and Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), and David McKinley (R-W.V.) are introducing the bipartisan Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act in an effort to help reduce the prevalence of opioid addiction across U.S. The new proposal is based on the successful inception of the New Jersey Patient
Wisconsin Initiative Seeks to Install Naloxone Boxes in Public Areas
State program will install life-saving overdose reversal medication boxes in clinics.
AcelRx Receives Warning from FDA Concerning Dsuvia Marketing
FDA takes issue with Dsuvia marketing.
Providers Push to Deregulate Buprenorphine Amid Epidemic
Pressure mounts to deregulate buprenorphine.
Study Reveals Opioid Trends in Diabetic Neuropathy Treatment
Mayo Clinic researchers report that, although on the decline, opioids were being given for treatment of diabetic neuropathy in recent years.