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• Opioid Prescriptions Given To One-Third of Medicare Beneficiaries Amid Abuse Epidemic: Report

  June 23, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  A new government report warns that one-third of Medicare recipients are prescribed powerful and addictive narcotic painkillers as the nation battles an opioid drug abuse epidemic.

• Opioid Prescribing Decreases When Doctors Are Monitored: Study

  June 7, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that doctors whose prescribing habits are monitored tend to prescribe fewer addictive opioid painkillers.

• Opioid Addiction May Be Treated By Newly Approved Implant: FDA

  May 31, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA has approved the use of a new implant to help overcome opioid addiction amid growing concerns over opioid abuse.

• Fewer Opioids Being Prescribed For First Time in Two Decades: Report

  May 24, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  Two new reports indicate that opioid painkiller prescriptions are declining for the first time in 20 years.

• Opioid Overdoses Straining Nation’s Intensive Care Units, Study Warns

  May 19, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  The findings of a new study indicate that drug overdoses are straining the nation's ICUs, taxing staff and resources.

• OxyContin Marketing Records To Be Unsealed Next Month Amid Opioid Abuse Concerns

  May 13, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  A judge has ordered the release of documents which may shed light on the marketing of OxyContin, which is blamed by some for sparking the opioid abuse epidemic in the U.S.

• Opioid Problems Resulted in More than 12,500 Poison Control Reports So Far This Year

  May 9, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  According to new data from poison control centers nationwide, more than 3,000 reports are received each month involving problems with...

• Painkiller Overdose Problems May Lead to New FDA Training Requirements

  May 2, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  An FDA advisory panel meets this week to discuss the possibility of mandatory training for doctors who prescribe narcotic painkillers.

• Opioid Painkillers Get Boxed Warning On Abuse, Antidepressant Interactions, Adrenal Side Effects

  March 23, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA is requiring new safety warnings on opioid painkillers, alerting users to the risks of abuse, misuse, drug interactions, adrenal gland problems and decreased sex hormones.

• CDC Announces New Guidelines For Opioid Painkiller Use Amid Abuse Concerns

  March 17, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  The CDC has issued new guidelines meant to help fight opioid pain killer misuse and fatal overdoses.