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Amid the Opioid Crisis, ‘The Best Ammunition That Public Officials Can Embrace Is Storytelling’ – Route 50
In the process of reporting on the nationwide opioid crisis, there’s one common refrain that surfaces in conversations more than any other: “We aren’t going to arrest our way out of this problem.” But, while there is overall consensus that the criminalization of drug...
Alabama pain doctor leaves practice with pending administrative complaint against him – ABC WAAY 31
Dr. Murphy reported to the board that both clinic sites see roughly 100 to 120 patients per day and checks the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database (PDMP) 20-30 times each day.
However, the board points to information from the database, which is starkly different. During the period between January and April 15, 2015, “PDMP records reflect that Dr. Murphy or his office accessed the PDMP site 190 times on 7,000 patients visits. Thus, with an average of 91 patients per day, the PDMP was checked less than five times per day.”
Fraction of Americans With Drug Addiction Receive Treatment, Surgeon General Says – NY Times
Fraction of Americans With Drug Addiction Receive Treatment, Surgeon General Says - NY Times The majority of people who misuse substances do not develop a use disorder, the report said. But roughly one in seven Americans — 14.6 percent of the population — are expected...
Cardinal to Pay $44M to Settle Lawsuits Regarding Distribution of Controlled Substances
Dublin-based healthcare giant Cardinal Health on Friday agreed to pay $44 million to settle multiple lawsuits regarding the distribution of various controlled substances. Cardinal Health admitted that it failed to report large orders for powerful painkillers like...
2016’s Top 5 Advances in Primary Care – MedPage Today
2016's Top 5 Advances in Primary Care Opioid crisis and what to do about it tops list MedPage Today asked specialists in primary care around the country to tell us what they thought were the most important clinical developments in 2016. These were the five most...
The Staggering Costs, Monetary and Otherwise, of Substance Abuse – US News & World Report
The Staggering Costs, Monetary and Otherwise, of Substance Abuse A new report from the Surgeon General says the country spends $442 billion a year in dealing with drug and alcohol abuse. There are so many issues dividing America right now. But there is a terrible...
Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015 – Center for Disease Control
Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015 The U.S. opioid epidemic is continuing, and drug overdose deaths nearly tripled during 1999–2014. Among 47,055 drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2014 in the United States, 28,647...
More states urged to mandate physician use of prescription drug monitoring databases – Modern Healthcare
More states urged to mandate physician use of prescription drug monitoring databases As the number of drug overdose deaths linked to prescription painkillers continues to rise, experts are calling on more states to set mandates requiring prescribers to check state...
Philly doc linked to 4 opioid deaths won’t get his medical license back
The Pennsylvania Board of Osteopathic Medicine refused Wednesday to let Thomas C. Barone, a pain management physician whose prescribing practices were linked to the deaths of four patients, return to his Center City practice. The decision continues a license...
DEA Ratchets Down Opioid Production – Pain Management News
DEA Ratchets Down Opioid Production The supply of almost every Schedule II opioid manufactured in the United States will be reduced 25% or more in 2017, as required by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The new quota will be sufficient to meet the estimated...