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www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/5/3/study-finds-opioid-medication-effective-for-chronic-pain Opioids have been used for thousands of years to provide relief from pain. But are they an effective treatment? Are they worth the risk of addiction? And do they improve quality of life? Millions of chronic pain patients who use prescription opioids so that they can work, sleep, bathe and do simple household chores […]

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-durbin-schneider-opioid-speech-st-0503-story.html While pharmacists have the right to refuse to fill a prescription, a fear of being reprimanded or fired may be leading them to do it anyway, according to a student at Rosalind Franklin University’s College of Pharmacy. The third-year pharmacy student was responding to a question posed by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin Wednesday afternoon […]

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www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/proposal-would-ease-penalties-under-new-nevada-opioid-law/ Tough proposed disciplinary regulations aimed at curtailing overprescription of opioid painkillers would be eased considerably under a recommendation approved Wednesday by a subcommittee of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners. Instead of the strict rules contained in draft regulations made public after the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Act took effect on Jan. 1, […]

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http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/prescribing-policies-states-confront-opioid-overdose-epidemic.aspx Responsible for 115 deaths each day, the opioid epidemic continues to devastate the nation. The death rate from these drugs has nearly quadrupled since 1999, and continues to rise. Nearly half of these opioid-related deaths—46 each day— were caused by a prescription opioid. Prescription opioids (e.g., oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone) are used to treat moderate to severe pain, […]

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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/05/01/opioid-funding-advances-in-senate-with-slight-change The opioid stewardship bill advanced in the state Senate on Tuesday after the bill’s author replaced the “penny-a-pill” fee on opioid sales with an annual $20 million in set registration fees to be paid by pharmaceutical companies. The funding would pay for programs to address the opioid overdose epidemic, as well as to pay […]

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https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pain-information-center/study-finds-31-use-no-opioids-after-surgery/article/760164/ HealthDay News — Almost 63% of patients did not use opioids after having an elective procedure, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Surgical Association, held from April 19 to 21 in Phoenix. Cornelius A. Thiels, DO, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues conducted a prospective […]

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By Maria Cramer Globe Staff  May 01, 2018 Dozens of people died and hundreds of others fell ill during the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that began in a Framingham compounding pharmacy. But should jurors in the latest trial against former pharmacy employees hear the devastating details of what is considered one of the largest public […]

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