There has been a substantial decrease in hydromorphone use in the US over the past decade. This suggests the loss of its popularity among the opioids as well as other competing pharmacotherapies becoming more popular| MedicalResearch.com | ID Week 2025: Shingrix Vaccine for Shingles Associated ...
The Shoestring and NEPM previously reported on a dubious claim in marketing emails sent to local police departments. Now, the company has settled with New York’s attorney general over allegations of “misleading promotion.”| The Shoestring
Massachusetts will receive more than a billion dollars for opioid remediation—none of it is for prisoners in the Department of Correction| HorizonMass
Kratom extracts have caused at least three overdose deaths, highlighting the need for regulation in California.| Addiction Programs
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and doctors of chiropractic nationwide will celebrate National Chiropractic Health Month this October with the theme “Get Started with Chiropractic.” The campaign will raise awareness of how taking a non-drug approach to pain initially may help you to avoid riskier treatments later. When it comes to common [...] Read More... The post National Chiropractic Health Month to Raise Awareness of Non-drug Pain Management appeared fir...| ACA Today
Vermont now has a methadone clinic in each region of the state. That convenience brings treatment options to people who didn’t have access before, officials and recovery coaches say.| VTDigger
Wisconsin Watch created a tool to show how counties and municipalities are spending millions intended to address the opioid crisis.| Wisconsin Watch
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to classify fentanyl as a Schedule 1 drug permanently. They say this move they say could help combat the country’s growing overdose crisis. The reclassification would place fentanyl in the same category as heroin, LSD, and ecstasy. These are all drugs that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) defines as The post Lawmakers Consider Reclassifying Fentanyl as a Schedule 1 Drug appeared first on Addiction Programs.| Addiction Programs
What the BUPE Act Means for Better Addiction Treatment Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) announced in early October the introduction of a bill known as the Broadening Utilization of Proven and Effective Treatment for Recovery, or BUPE Act. The BUPE Act is a powerful legislative tool that can improve The post What is the BUPE Act? appeared first on Addiction Programs.| Addiction Programs
Focusing on non-pharmacological care, emphasizing mother-baby bonding, and natural infant behaviors may keep infants out of the NICU, but other barriers may limit implementation.| Pediatrics Nationwide
The largest acquisition of litigation documents to date is made available free to public within the Opioid Industry Documents Archive, a collaborative effort by the Johns Hopkins and the University of California, San Francisco| The Hub
Johns Hopkins researchers' survey also finds that familiarity with a fatal overdose death bolsters recognition of addiction as an important policy issue that spans party lines| The Hub
Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her. Emma’s mom, Danielle Stanley, died of an overdose last year. She was 34, and had struggled with addiction since she was a teenager, […]| Kentucky Lantern
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The story of addiction in Appalachia is far more complex than the stereotype acknowledges. It is a pervasive disorder with deep, systemic roots. It is a pandemic that will only end when, as a nation, we confront the economic, political, medical, and cultural catalysts driving it.| Appalachian History
