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  • Increasing Number of Children Addicted to Opioids

    Opioid addiction is not just a problem among adults in the United States. A new study shows...
  • More than One-Third of U.S. Adults Prescribed Opioids in 2015

    The United States needs to curb excessive opioid prescribing and improve access to pain management techniques, suggests...
  • Mallinckrodt Settles U.S. Opioid Drug Probe for $35 Million

    Mallinckrodt Plc, one of the largest manufacturers of the generic opioid painkiller oxycodone, will pay $35 million...

Increasing Number of Children Addicted to Opioids

September 26, 2017 - Megan Brooks (Reuters Health) - 1 Comment

Opioid addiction is not just a problem among adults in the United States. A new study shows…

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More than One-Third of U.S. Adults Prescribed Opioids in 2015

August 8, 2017 - Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - 0 Comment

The United States needs to curb excessive opioid prescribing and improve access to pain management techniques, suggests…

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Mallinckrodt Settles U.S. Opioid Drug Probe for $35 Million

August 1, 2017 - Nate Raymond (Reuters) - 0 Comment

Mallinckrodt Plc, one of the largest manufacturers of the generic opioid painkiller oxycodone, will pay $35 million…

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U.S. State Attorneys General Probe Opioid Drug Companies

June 27, 2017 - Nate Raymond (Reuters) - 0 Comment

A bipartisan group of state attorneys general has announced that they are jointly investigating the marketing and…

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U.S. Senator Launches Probe into Five Top Opioid Drugmakers

April 18, 2017 - Reuters Staff (Reuters) - 1 Comment

U.S. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill has sought details from the nation’s top opioid drugmakers on their sales…

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U.S. Senators Question Kaleo’ $4,500 Tag on Opioid Overdose Treatment

March 6, 2017 - Ankur Banerjee - 0 Comment

(Reuters) – U.S. Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill has asked Kaleo Pharmaceuticals to justify the more than 550…

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Patient Education Might Help Lower Risk of Prescription Opioid Abuse

December 27, 2016 - Will Boggs, MD - 0 Comment

(Reuters Health) – Patients who talk with their physicians about the risks of prescription opioid addiction are…

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