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Opioid replacement buprenorphine is rarely misused: Medicare report
Buprenorphine, a major drug in the fight against the opioid crisis, has long been closely monitored for fears…
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Walgreens to pay San Francisco $229 million for opioid crisis
Walgreens Reaches $230 Million Settlement in San Francisco Opioid Lawsuit Walgreens to pay San Francisco nearly $230 million…
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Good intentions alone will not solve the country’s opioid crisis
In April 2021, as the country continued to suffer more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths annually, the Biden…
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Taking gabapentin with opioids for acute conditions increases the risk of opioid use disorder
When prescribed with an opioid, a nonopioid gabapentin (Horizant, GlaxoSmithKline, and XenoPort, Inc; Gralise, Almatica Pharma LLC; and…
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A rural counties choice: Use opioid funds to pay off debts or pay them off to curb the crisis
In the past two years, rural Greene County in northeast Tennessee has raised more than $2.7 million from…