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www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/7/14/addiction-to-rx-opioids-falling A new report from health insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield highlights a little-known and rarely reported aspect of the opioid crisis: Addiction to opioid pain medication is declining, not increasing. Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) said 241,900 of its members were diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2017, a rate of 6.2 […]

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Lexington doctor who exposed Kentucky hospital to be featured on CBS show. https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article216037450.html A Lexington doctor who helped uncover a widespread false billing scheme at a Kentucky hospital will be featured on CBS’ Whistleblower Friday night. Whistleblower, airing at 9 p.m. Friday, features stories “of heroic people who put everything on the line in order […]

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City, county governments file suit against opioid makers, pharmacists http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/city-county-governments-file-suit-against-opioid-makers-pharmacists/article_b172527e-9685-11e8-912d-03b3f4dc1fc8.html Several Missouri county and municipal governments, including Joplin and Jasper County, on Wednesday officially filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies. The suit, filed in Missouri’s 22nd circuit court in St. Louis, alleges multiple instances of misconduct on the part of the […]

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FDA Called Lax in Curbing Use of Powerful Class of Opioids https://www.managedcaremag.com/dailynews/20180803/fda-called-lax-curbing-use-powerful-class-opioids The drugs were approved for cancer patients, but have been prescribed to patients with migraine and back pain, a New York Times investigation reveals. A class of drugs for cancer patients experiencing “breakthrough pain,” (sudden and sharp onrushes of pain despite the use […]

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A toothache is pain that occurs in or around a tooth. The pain originates from within a tooth or the surrounding gum and bone structures. One usually feels toothache pain as a constant or intermittent ache that does not go away. Temperature changes, such as exposure to cold drinks or pressure on the tooth while chewing, can stimulate a toothache. In other instances, tooth pain can […]

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Massachusetts opioid bill includes help for pain patients https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/01/mass-opioid-bill-includes-help-for-pain-patients/ha2tGqmRLfPCTkvBgGFQaM/story.html#comments The bill on opioids that the Massachusetts Legislature approved late Tuesday contains several provisions that have nothing to do with combating opioid addiction, but instead aim to help people often seen as casualties of that fight — those suffering from chronic pain. Spooked by worries about […]

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Opioid defendants step up giving as a costly reckoning looms http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180802/news01/170456/opioid-defendants-step-giving-costly-reckoning-looms The drug industry is dishing out millions in grants and donations to organizations in cities, counties and states that have sued the companies over the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic. The efforts could help makers and distributors of prescription painkillers, who face hundreds of lawsuits […]

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In two years, the DEA has approved zero of the 26 applications it’s received to grow cannabis for research https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/dea-delay/Content DEA Delay In two years, the DEA has approved zero of the 26 applications it’s received to grow cannabis for research By Nick Meyers In August 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration said it would begin […]

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Radio host Art Bell died of accidental drug overdose https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/radio-host-art-bell-died-of-accidental-drug-overdose/    VIDEO ON THIS LINK Longtime Pahrump radio personality Art Bell died of an accidental overdose from a cocktail of prescription drugs, the Clark County coroner’s office said Wednesday. Bell died April 13 in a bedroom of his Pahrump home at age 72. The coroner’s office […]

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https://amp-courier–journal-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.courier-journal.com/amp/863407002 “How Doctors Can Avoid Being Arrested by Federal Agents” This could very well be the title of free training the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is offering next week to doctors and others who prescribe or store powerful pain pills and other controlled substances. The federal crackdown on opioids and rogue doctors has caused a divide between physicians and law […]

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