A First-In-Class Oral Pain Medication May Change the Game
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Spike in Hepatitis C Infections May Be Side-Effect of Oxycontin Reformulation
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In 2010, oxycontin was reformulated to deter abuse. There may have been some nasty side-effects to that change.
Read MoreMore Pharma Money to Physicians --> More Opioid Deaths
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A new county-by-county study found that the more a pharmaceutical company markets opioids to physicians, the higher the overdose death rate is.
Read MoreChronic Pain, Opioids, and Suicide
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A study covering 18 states raises concerns that chronic pain may be a risk factor for suicide.
Read MoreFentanyl is now the #1 Cause of Opioid Overdose Deaths
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A new study finds that synthetic opioids like fentanyl are now found in the system of the majority of individuals who die of drug overdose.
Read More"Deaths of Despair" Vary Widely Across the Country
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A new report documents dramatic county-by-county variation in deaths due to alcohol abuse, drug abuse, suicide, and interpersonal violence.
Read MoreMarijuana: The Cure For Our Opioid Crisis? Doc-to-Doc with Yasmin Hurd
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I spoke with Yasmin Hurd, Professor of Neuroscience, Pharacology, and Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai about her research which suggests that the best way to beat the opioid epidemic, may lie within another illicit substance.
Read MoreAre Physicians Responsible for the Opioid Epidemic?
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An article appearing in the journal Pain attempts to quantify the transition between acute and chronic opioid use. But the study misses a few critical variables we really need in order to address this national crisis. For the video version, click here.
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