Jun 25, 2019 | Recent News
Two decades ago, a new generation of supposedly safer painkillers triggered an epidemic of opioid abuse in the U.S. Since then, opioid overdoses have killed well over 400,000 Americans—more deaths than the country’s military suffered in World War II. Read...
Jun 24, 2019 | Recent News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines in 2016 to cut back prescriptions after years of liberal opioid dispensing contributed to addiction and overdose deaths. Those guidelines influenced more than doctors: State regulators, health insurers...
Jun 24, 2019 | Recent News
About 72,000 Americans died from a drug overdose last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over two-thirds of those deaths were from opioids…Primary care professionals are on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. And...
Jun 22, 2019 | Recent News
The current opioid epidemic in the U.S. is associated with the same stigma as the HIV epidemic was in the past, an expert said here. Read More.
Jun 20, 2019 | Recent News
The nation’s opioid epidemic is worsening as policy, regulatory and especially insurance barriers continue to block access to treatment, AMA President-elect Susan R. Bailey, MD, told Congress. Read More.
