28 Apr A reckless approach to drug policy | Columns
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All opioid medicines will carry prominent addiction warnings to protect people “from the darker side of painkillers”, the health secretary has announced. It comes after figures showed a 60% increase in prescriptions for opioid painkillers in the last decade in England and Wales. Health...
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. LaRue Leah LaRue, PharmD, PMPAssociate Director, Clinical AffairsMillennium Health MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Drug overdose deaths continue to increase, despite the leveling off of prescription opioid use and policy changes limiting opioid prescribing. While fentanyl has garnered most of...
Opioid painkillers will have to carry prominent warnings about the risk of addiction, the health secretary has announced.The move comes amid a massive increase in the number of prescriptions for the painkillers -...
By Zachary Horner, Chatham News + Record Staff (Editor’s note: this is the first of a five-part series of stories by the Chatham N+R about the opioid crisis, its impact on Chatham County and possible solutions.) Goldston Mayor Tim Cunnup took the microphone to welcome the small...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock's crackdown on the abuse of opiumderived medicines comes as the number of prescriptions for opioids has soared by more than 60 per cent in a decade. The epidemic in the US has claimed the lives of high-profile celebrities such as the...
Opioid painkillers will soon have to carry a prominent warning about the risk of addiction in a bid to tackle growing concerns around prescription and over-the-counter medicines.Prescriptions for opioid-based medication have increased 60% in the last 10 years to 23 million annually, according to Department...
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