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  • Florida Blames Walgreens & CVS For Opioid Deaths Florida Blames Walgreens & CVS For Opioid Deaths
    12/20/2021 - 07:49
    Florida is suing the nation's largest two drugstore chains, Walgreens and CVS, over their passive conduct to the increasing demand and supply of opioids into Florida.On Friday, November 23, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the…
  • FDA Approves New Potent Opioid 'Dsuvia' FDA Approves New Potent Opioid 'Dsuvia'
    12/20/2021 - 06:09
    Amidst the opioid addiction crisis, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new opioid for use called Dsuvia. It has been approved for use in wounded soldiers carried off the battlefield who does not have intravenous access for…
  • CDC Reports Synthetic Opioid Deaths Rose In Recent Years CDC Reports Synthetic Opioid Deaths Rose In Recent Years
    12/10/2021 - 06:49
    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), issued on Friday, indicated that from 2013 to 2019, the age-adjusted rate of deaths, which involved fentanyl, and other synthetic versions…
  • Mckesson Offers $1B In Legal Funds Over Opioid Crisis Mckesson Offers $1B In Legal Funds Over Opioid Crisis
    12/17/2021 - 11:09
    McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., and AmerisourceBergen Corp. have renewed a settlement by offering 1 billion in legal fees to the states, cities, and counties who have sued them over the misguiding distribution of highly addictive…
  • Opioid Crisis: School Sues Manufacturers & Distributors Opioid Crisis: School Sues Manufacturers & Distributors
    12/20/2021 - 09:26
    The Miami-Dade County School Board, the nation's fourth-largest school district, filed a federal lawsuit against major manufacturers and distributors claiming that they should be compensated for the money spent to keep opioids out of school…
  • Oral Cleft Birth Risks Increased By Opioid Use: Study Oral Cleft Birth Risks Increased By Opioid Use: Study
    12/09/2021 - 14:22
    Last month, a study was published in the medical journal The BMJ in which Harvard researchers highlighted the side effects of opioid use during pregnancy and indicated that the use increased the risk of a cleft palate, cleft lip, or other…
  • FDA Warns Against Sudden Termination of Opioid Treatment FDA Warns Against Sudden Termination of Opioid Treatment
    12/21/2021 - 08:14
    On Monday, the FDA issued a drug safety communication for new label warnings on opioid drugs, alerting that suddenly quitting the addictive painkillers can lead to devastating withdrawal conditions including the use of illicit drugs,…
  • Opioid Crisis: A Concern For Nearly 2 Million Children Opioid Crisis: A Concern For Nearly 2 Million Children
    12/20/2021 - 11:01
    A new analysis shows that approximately 2 million children are affected by the U.S. opioid crisis, and the numbers seem to be rising.According to the analysis from the United Hospital Fund, a health policy nonprofit based in New York, the…
  • SC Discusses Distribution Of $360M Opioid Settlement SC Discusses Distribution Of $360M Opioid Settlement
    06/23/2022 - 12:05
    South Carolina has issued a report on how it will spend the hundreds of millions of dollars it receives from the nationwide opioid settlement.The state would receive more than $360 million from the $26 billion nationwide settlement.…
  • New Jersey To Get $641M From A Nationwide Opioid Settlement New Jersey To Get $641M From A Nationwide Opioid Settlement
    03/03/2022 - 15:17
    Johnson & Johnson (J&J), along with the nation's three largest pharmaceutical distributors, would pay $641 million as part of a nationwide opioid settlement to New jersey.All the 21 counties and 241 municipalities of New Jersey were…