Endo Pharma Agrees to Pull Abuse-Deterrent Opioid

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Endo Pharma Agrees to Pull Abuse-Deterrent Opioid http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/882578 Endo Pharmaceuticals has agreed to remove its abuse-deterrent extended-release formulation of oxymorphone (Opana ER) from the US market, about a month after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked the company to stop selling the pain medication. In a statement, the company said it “continues to […]

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Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Built Reputation Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Built Reputation Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/05/535618770/surgeon-general-nominee-championed-policies-to-curb-indiana-s-opioid-epidemic Several weeks before President Trump nominated Indiana’s state health commissioner Jerome Adams to be the next U.S. Surgeon General, Adams toured the Salvation Army Harbor Light detox center in Indianapolis, Ind., the only treatment facility in the state for people without insurance. […]

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Pharmacists Held Criminally Liable for Opioid Overdoses

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacists Held Criminally Liable for Opioid Overdoses http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/882358   As the US opioid epidemic continues to soar, physicians have been held criminally responsible for patients’ overdose deaths. Now, it appears pharmacists are also criminally liable. That’s the opinion of pharmacy law experts who have watched the crisis unfold during the past decade. Keith Yoshizuka, PharmD, […]

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