FDA Ratchets Down On Prescribing Of OxyContin And Other Opioids
11 years, 6 months ago

FDA Ratchets Down On Prescribing Of OxyContin And Other Opioids

NPR  

FDA Ratchets Down On Prescribing Of OxyContin And Other Opioids toggle caption Toby Talbot/Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration today took another step toward restricting use of OxyContin and other powerful and often-abused prescription pain medications. "The FDA is invoking its authority to require safety labeling changes and post-market studies to combat the crisis of misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose and death from these potent drugs that have harmed too many patients and devastated too many families and communities," FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg said in a statement. Sponsor Message "Today's action demonstrates the FDA's resolve to reduce the serious risks of long-acting and extended release opioids while still seeking to preserve appropriate access for those patients who rely on these medications to manage their pain," Hamburg said. In addition, under the new guidelines the drugs should be "reserved" for patients "for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain," Hamburg said.

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FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
1 month, 3 weeks ago

FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. Two studies in more than 870 patients with acute pain following foot and abdominal surgeries showed Vertex’s drug provided more relief than a dummy pill but didn’t outperform a common …

FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids
1 month, 3 weeks ago

FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. Studies in more than 870 patients with acute pain due to foot and abdominal surgeries showed Vertex’s drug provided more relief than a dummy pill but didn’t outperform a common …

FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids
1 month, 3 weeks ago

FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids

LA Times  

The Food and Drug Administration said it approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Journavx for short-term pain that often follows surgery or injuries. Studies in more than 870 patients with acute pain from foot and abdominal surgeries showed Vertex’s drug provided more relief than a dummy pill but didn’t outperform a common opioid-acetaminophen combination pill. “The new medication has side effect profiles that …

Opinion: Surgeons give patients too many opioids. A few simple steps could curb excess prescribing
9 months ago

Opinion: Surgeons give patients too many opioids. A few simple steps could curb excess prescribing

LA Times  

America’s opioid epidemic is as bad as it has ever been. Some efforts to curb opioid prescribing have shown promise, including prescription drug monitoring programs, promotion of alternative analgesics, provider education and informing prescribing physicians when their patients die from opioid overdoses. Conventional strategies for curbing excessive opioid prescribing assume that surgeons are rational actors who, whenever they are informed …

Chronic pain patients struggle to get opioid prescriptions filled, even as CDC eases guidelines
2 years ago

Chronic pain patients struggle to get opioid prescriptions filled, even as CDC eases guidelines

CNN  

KHN — Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. The first CDC guidelines “put everybody on notice,” said Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, chair of the American Medical Association’s Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force. Taking into account the perspective of …

Panel backs moving opioid antidote Narcan over the counter
2 years, 1 month ago

Panel backs moving opioid antidote Narcan over the counter

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The overdose-reversing drug naloxone should be made available over the counter to aid the national response to the opioid crisis, U.S. health advisers said Wednesday. The positive vote, which is not binding, came despite concerns from some panel members about the drug’s instructions and packaging, which caused confusion among some people in a company study. “We believe that …

Op-Ed: Finally, some promising news on opioids for patients in severe pain
2 years, 3 months ago

Op-Ed: Finally, some promising news on opioids for patients in severe pain

LA Times  

The U.S. remains in the midst of an ever-worsening drug overdose crisis. Meanwhile, physicians have had to balance the risk of criminal prosecution for prescribing opioids against their responsibility to treat patients’ pain. While some doctors were financially incentivized to overprescribe opioids, others caught scrutiny simply for providing relief to patients in debilitating pain. Tragically, recent studies found that chronic …

US agency softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors
2 years, 4 months ago

US agency softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. Opioids painkillers can be addictive — even when used under doctors’ orders — and were identified as a big reason for a rise in U.S. drug overdoses that began more than two decades ago. Some modifications were …

CDC updates opioid prescribing guidelines with new recommendations on tapering or continuing prescriptions
2 years, 4 months ago

CDC updates opioid prescribing guidelines with new recommendations on tapering or continuing prescriptions

CNN  

CNN — For the first time since 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidelines for clinicians and patients on the use of prescription opioids to treat short-term and long-term pain. Advice for doctors and patients The guidelines recommend that when starting opioid therapy for any pain patient – acute, subacute or chronic – “clinicians …

CDC softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors
2 years, 4 months ago

CDC softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors

LA Times  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone, above, and other opioid painkillers. The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. Opioid painkillers can be addictive — even when used under doctors’ orders — and were identified as a big reason …

FDA chief says long-awaited opioid review still in the works
2 years, 6 months ago

FDA chief says long-awaited opioid review still in the works

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A long-awaited review of prescription opioid medications, including their risks and contribution to the U.S. overdose epidemic, is still underway at the Food and Drug Administration, the agency’s commissioner said Tuesday. Dr. Robert Califf wrote in a blog entry that the FDA is still studying “what revisions are needed to support appropriate use” of opioid painkillers and “lessons …

FDA chief’s long-promised opioid review faces skepticism
2 years, 7 months ago

FDA chief’s long-promised opioid review faces skepticism

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As U.S. opioid deaths mounted in 2016, the incoming head of the Food and Drug Administration promised a “sweeping review” of prescription painkillers in hopes of reversing the worst overdose epidemic in American history. “It seems like people love sort of looking back and fault-finding, but I’m much more interested in learning so we can go forward and …

FDA chief's long-promised opioid review faces skepticism
2 years, 7 months ago

FDA chief's long-promised opioid review faces skepticism

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an interview with The Associated Press, Califf said …

Experts concerned about last year's sudden increase in opioid use
2 years, 9 months ago

Experts concerned about last year's sudden increase in opioid use

NL Times  

Last year, use of the heavy painkiller oxycodone increased sharply after years of decline. Loneliness from the coronavirus pandemic could also play a role in the sustained use of the painkillers, since they can also make people experiencing trauma feel better temporarily, said Kees Kramers, internist-clinical pharmacologist at Radboudumc and professor of Medicine Safety. The Appropriate Use of Opioids task …

CDC proposes softer guidance on opioid prescriptions
3 years, 1 month ago

CDC proposes softer guidance on opioid prescriptions

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday proposed changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. But it also caused some doctors to become too quick to cut off patients taking prescription painkillers and too strict in keeping the drugs from patients who might benefit, CDC …

US lifts barriers to prescribing addiction treatment drug
3 years, 10 months ago

US lifts barriers to prescribing addiction treatment drug

Associated Press  

The Biden administration is easing decades-old requirements that made it difficult for doctors to treat opioid addiction using medication. New guidelines announced Tuesday mean doctors and other health workers will no longer need extra hours of training to prescribe buprenorphine, a gold standard medicine that helps with cravings. Besides doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives and some other …

Who’s to blame for the nation’s opioid crisis? Massive trial may answer that question
5 years, 6 months ago

Who’s to blame for the nation’s opioid crisis? Massive trial may answer that question

LA Times  

Demonstrators hold pictures of loved ones lost to opioids during a protest at Purdue Pharma’s headquarters in Stamford, Conn., last year. Brand-name opioid makers Designed, manufactured and marketed prescription opioid drugs Purdue Pharma Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Allergan, Mallinckrodt Generic opioid makers Manufactured cheaper “copycat” opioid medications after the exclusivity rights of brand-name manufacturers expired …

How the prescriptions doctors wrote may have helped fuel the U.S. opioid crisis
5 years, 6 months ago

How the prescriptions doctors wrote may have helped fuel the U.S. opioid crisis

LA Times  

More than 75% of patients in the U.S. and Canada filled a prescription for opioids following one of four common surgeries, compared with 11% of Swedes, a new study reports. More than 75% of patients in the U.S. and Canada filled a prescription for opioids following one of four common surgeries, compared with 11% of Swedes, researchers reported Wednesday in …

Revamped OxyContin was supposed to reduce abuse, but has it?
5 years, 8 months ago

Revamped OxyContin was supposed to reduce abuse, but has it?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Raeford Brown was uniquely positioned to help the U.S. government answer a critical question: Is a new version of the painkiller OxyContin helping fight the national opioid epidemic? Nearly a decade ago, the FDA approved reformulated OxyContin and told the company, Purdue Pharma, that it would be evaluated on whether the new version decreased cases of addiction, …

Kirsten Gillibrand Faces Opioid Bill Backlash From Disability Community
6 years ago

Kirsten Gillibrand Faces Opioid Bill Backlash From Disability Community

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Following backlash from patients with chronic pain and people in the disability community, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday found herself backpedaling on her recently introduced legislation to put a time limit on opioid prescriptions. While the legislation’s text hasn’t been submitted to Congress’ website yet, Gillibrand’s news release specified that the prescription limit was not meant for …

Opioid crisis: Drug firm behind Oxycontin 'preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing' amid hundreds of lawsuits
6 years ago

Opioid crisis: Drug firm behind Oxycontin 'preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing' amid hundreds of lawsuits

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The company that produced a …

Op-Ed: Want to reduce opioid use? Nudge the doctors who prescribe them
6 years, 2 months ago

Op-Ed: Want to reduce opioid use? Nudge the doctors who prescribe them

LA Times  

An Orange County doctor was arrested by federal authorities in December on suspicion of illegally prescribing narcotics, “flooding Southern California with huge quantities of opioids,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. For the record: This Op-Ed article wrongly identifies the affiliation of the researchers who found that doctors prescribe fewer opioids if they are notified of patient deaths from overdose. …

Opioid-Makers Face Wave of Lawsuits in 2019
6 years, 2 months ago

Opioid-Makers Face Wave of Lawsuits in 2019

NPR  

Opioid-Makers Face Wave of Lawsuits in 2019 Enlarge this image John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images The next 12 months might just redefine the way America thinks about and responds to the opioid epidemic that now claims more than 40,000 lives each year. Sponsor Message "Our next battle is to get the documents that are being produced made available to …

Despite Warnings, FDA Approves Potent New Opioid Painkiller
6 years, 4 months ago

Despite Warnings, FDA Approves Potent New Opioid Painkiller

NPR  

Despite Warnings, FDA Approves Potent New Opioid Painkiller Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has approved a potent new opioid painkiller, despite warnings from physician critics who say the drug will contribute to the addiction epidemic. Though the advisory committee ultimately voted in favor of the drug, Public Citizen contends …

OxyContin creator being sued for 'significant role in causing opioid epidemic'
6 years, 6 months ago

OxyContin creator being sued for 'significant role in causing opioid epidemic'

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Following hundreds of lawsuits …

The Government’s Solution To The Opioid Crisis Feels Like A War To Pain Patients
6 years, 7 months ago

The Government’s Solution To The Opioid Crisis Feels Like A War To Pain Patients

Huff Post  

Jay Lawrence, an energetic truck driver in his late 30s, was driving a semitrailer across a bridge when the brakes failed. “And then that they’re denied relief by a doctor with the one medicine proven effective for pain control for 50 centuries.” “The CDC guidelines have been weaponized.” - Dr. Stefan Kertesz The government’s aggressive focus on doctors and patients …

Drugmakers Spent Millions Promoting Opioids To Patient Groups, Senate Report Says
7 years, 1 month ago

Drugmakers Spent Millions Promoting Opioids To Patient Groups, Senate Report Says

NPR  

Drugmakers Spent Millions Promoting Opioids To Patient Groups, Senate Report Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Toby Talbot/AP Toby Talbot/AP Drugmakers gave millions of dollars to pain-treatment advocacy groups over a five-year period beginning in 2012, in effect promoting opioids to individuals most vulnerable to addiction, according to a new report released Monday by a U.S. senator. Sponsor Message Fueling …

Doctors In Maine Say Halt In OxyContin Marketing Comes '20 Years Late'
7 years, 1 month ago

Doctors In Maine Say Halt In OxyContin Marketing Comes '20 Years Late'

NPR  

Doctors In Maine Say Halt In OxyContin Marketing Comes '20 Years Late' Enlarge this image toggle caption George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images The maker of OxyContin, one of the most prescribed and aggressively marketed opioid painkillers, will no longer tout the drug or any other opioids to doctors. The announcement, made Saturday, came as drugmaker …

OxyContin Manufacturer Says It Will Stop Promoting Opioid Painkiller To Doctors
7 years, 1 month ago

OxyContin Manufacturer Says It Will Stop Promoting Opioid Painkiller To Doctors

NPR  

OxyContin Manufacturer Says It Will Stop Promoting Opioid Painkiller To Doctors NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist Sam Quinones about Purdue Pharma's announcement that it would stop promoting its blockbuster opioid painkiller OxyContin to doctors. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Effective today, Purdue Pharma is no longer promoting its blockbuster painkiller OxyContin to doctors. QUINONES: It's hard to say because by now …

Op-Ed: The opioid crackdown is making life untenable for chronic pain patients like me
7 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: The opioid crackdown is making life untenable for chronic pain patients like me

LA Times  

President Trump recently said that he intends to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. The rate of misuse is much lower among patients who are prescribed opioid medication for chronic pain — 21% to 29%, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. An even smaller percentage of chronic pain patients develop a disorder — between 8% and 12%. …

A guide to prescribing painkillers ethically
7 years, 5 months ago

A guide to prescribing painkillers ethically

Daily Mail  

America's opioid crisis is getting worse. As a bioethicist working on the ethical and policy issues regarding prescription opioids, I am grateful to the National Academy of Medicine for inviting me to serve on this publication's authorship team, and for taking seriously the ethical component of the prescription opioid crisis. A National Academy of Medicine researcher has written a guide …

Groups seek ban on high-dose opioids citing overdose danger
7 years, 6 months ago

Groups seek ban on high-dose opioids citing overdose danger

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Safety advocates and state health officials are formally calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban high-dose opioid painkillers to prevent accidental overdose deaths among patients and people who abuse drugs. A petition filed Thursday asks the FDA to ban opioid pills that, when taken as directed, would add up to a daily dose of more than …

Intent On Reversing Its Opioid Epidemic, A State Limits Prescriptions
7 years, 7 months ago

Intent On Reversing Its Opioid Epidemic, A State Limits Prescriptions

NPR  

Intent On Reversing Its Opioid Epidemic, A State Limits Prescriptions Enlarge this image toggle caption Fanatic Studio/Getty Images Fanatic Studio/Getty Images A year ago, Maine was one of the first states to set limits on opioid prescriptions. Medd had already started to taper high doses among patients like Hodgdon before Maine put a cap on new prescriptions for opioids last …

Cutting down on opioids has made life miserable for chronic pain patients.
7 years, 7 months ago

Cutting down on opioids has made life miserable for chronic pain patients.

Slate  

On July 26, Todd Graham, 56, a well-respected rehabilitation specialist in Mishawaka, Indiana, lost his life. My doctor decided that she did not want to treat me anymore, didn’t give me a last prescription, and didn’t wait until I found another pain doctor who would help me.” For the past 30 years, Dr. R has been an advocate for better …

Don’t blame the surgeons: Long-term opioid use rarely starts with surgery, study finds
7 years, 7 months ago

Don’t blame the surgeons: Long-term opioid use rarely starts with surgery, study finds

LA Times  

Don’t blame the nation’s surgeons for an opiate-abuse crisis that now claims 142 lives daily in the United States. New research suggests that patients leaving the hospital after surgeries or inpatient procedures are rarely the ones whose long-term opioid use started with a doctor’s prescription. Instead, the patients who most frequently go on to use opioid medications for six months …

Doctors increasingly face charges for patient overdoses
7 years, 7 months ago

Doctors increasingly face charges for patient overdoses

CNN  

Story highlights Between 2011 and 2016, the number of doctors punished by the DEA jumped more than five times One challenge is whether and how to wean some patients off long-term opioids for chronic pain CNN — Doctors are increasingly being held accountable – some even facing murder charges – when their patients overdose on opioid painkillers they prescribed. “The …

The U.S. should rethink its entire approach to painkillers and the people addicted to them, panel urges
7 years, 8 months ago

The U.S. should rethink its entire approach to painkillers and the people addicted to them, panel urges

LA Times  

The report said some who are dependent on painkillers will turn to street drugs such as fentanyl and heroin. Dr. Leana Wen, health commissioner for the city of Baltimore, said the new report’s recommendations are “hard to argue with, because they are comprehensive and evidence-based.” But Wen, who has been an outspoken voice for broader access to addiction treatment, said …

FDA takes new steps to curb opioid abuse
7 years, 8 months ago

FDA takes new steps to curb opioid abuse

CNN  

Story highlights Makers of immediate-release products will have to provide prescriber training However, there is no mandate on physicians to take it FDA commissioner: "America is simply awash in immediate-release opioid products" CNN — To help curb the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic, US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced, the agency will expand its requirements for prescription opioid …

Painkiller prescription limits dramatically reduce drug dependence among surgery outpatients, study finds
8 years ago

Painkiller prescription limits dramatically reduce drug dependence among surgery outpatients, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

Drugmakers fought domino effect of Washington opioid limits
8 years, 6 months ago

Drugmakers fought domino effect of Washington opioid limits

Associated Press  

When Washington state made one of the first major moves to place limits on opioid painkiller prescriptions, pharmaceutical companies fought back — using the Pain Care Forum, a national network of drug companies and opioid-friendly nonprofits, many of them funded by drugmakers. Alarm bells rang at the forum in 2007 after Washington state’s agency medical directors — spurred by overdose …

A historic letter to all doctors about prescription painkillers
8 years, 6 months ago

A historic letter to all doctors about prescription painkillers

CNN  

Story highlights Letter marks the first time that America's top doctor has reached out to all physicians From 1999 to 2014, more than 165,000 Americans died from opioid-related overdoses CNN — In the next few days, every doctor in the United States will be receiving this letter from the US surgeon general. Even the surgeon general’s friend Murthy said he …

Obama Administration Eases Restrictions On Doctors Who Treat Opioid Addiction
8 years, 8 months ago

Obama Administration Eases Restrictions On Doctors Who Treat Opioid Addiction

NPR  

Obama Administration Eases Restrictions On Doctors Who Treat Opioid Addiction Enlarge this image toggle caption Jamie Grill/Getty Images Jamie Grill/Getty Images The Obama administration is making it easier for people addicted to opioids to get treatment. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced new rules Wednesday to loosen restrictions on doctors who treat people addicted to heroin and opioid …

Feds approve device to wean addicts off heroin
8 years, 9 months ago

Feds approve device to wean addicts off heroin

CNN  

Story highlights FDA approves implant device to fight opioid addiction Device to combat issues of anti-addiction drugs being sold on black market CNN — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug-emitting implant to combat addiction to heroin and other opioids killing thousands of people annually. Braeburn Pharmaceuticals/AP “Opioid abuse and addiction have taken a devastating toll on …

Senator calls for investigation of Purdue Pharma following Times story on OxyContin
8 years, 9 months ago

Senator calls for investigation of Purdue Pharma following Times story on OxyContin

LA Times  

A U.S. senator on Friday called for federal investigations of OxyContin’s manufacturer in response to a Los Angeles Times report that found the bestselling painkiller wears off early in many patients, exposing them to increased risk of addiction. “They raise questions about ongoing deception by Purdue, harm to the public, continued costs to the United States, and the availability of …

Opioid history: From ‘wonder drug’ to abuse epidemic
8 years, 10 months ago

Opioid history: From ‘wonder drug’ to abuse epidemic

CNN  

Does race impact the way we treat heroin addiction? Lisa Ling asks that question on “This Is Life” Sunday, October 16 at 10 p.m. Story highlights There's a long history of opioid addiction in the United States The FDA and CDC have started taking steps to address the opioid abuse epidemic CNN — The abuse of opioids, including prescription painkillers …

You asked, we answered: The best from our Reddit Q&A on OxyContin
8 years, 10 months ago

You asked, we answered: The best from our Reddit Q&A on OxyContin

LA Times  

The drugmaker Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin two decades ago with a bold marketing claim: One dose relieves pain for 12 hours, more than twice as long as generic medications. But our Los Angeles Times investigation found that OxyContin’s stunning success masked a fundamental problem: The drug wears off hours early in many people, exposing them to painful symptoms of withdrawal …

CDC guidelines aim to curb painkiller prescribing
9 years ago

CDC guidelines aim to curb painkiller prescribing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Prescription painkillers should not be a first choice for treating common ailments like back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guidelines designed to reshape how doctors prescribe drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin. “We’re trying to chart a safer and more effective course for dealing with chronic pain,” Dr. Tom Frieden, the CDC’s director, said in an interview …

Take as Prescribed: Drug Addiction in the US
9 years, 5 months ago

Take as Prescribed: Drug Addiction in the US

Al Jazeera  

Fault Lines explores what is behind the growing number of elderly Americans becoming addicted to painkillers. by Dr Andrew Kolodny, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing Americans “I was taking exactly what the doctor prescribed, when the doctor prescribed, how the doctor prescribed,” says Larry Moore, who calls himself an “accidental addict.” He said he wasted years of his life in …

Call for monitoring of prescription drugs as chronic pain sufferers risk addiction
10 years, 10 months ago

Call for monitoring of prescription drugs as chronic pain sufferers risk addiction

ABC  

Health groups are calling for greater oversight for prescription painkillers amid concern sufferers are at serious risk of addiction. Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association chief executive Sam Biondo says chronic pain sufferers are of particular concern because they are likely to use medication over a much longer period. "We believe there's a small amount of, but the significant amount is …

Call for monitoring of prescription drugs as chronic pain sufferers risk addiction
10 years, 10 months ago

Call for monitoring of prescription drugs as chronic pain sufferers risk addiction

ABC  

Health groups are calling for greater oversight for prescription painkillers amid concern sufferers are at serious risk of addiction. Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association chief executive Sam Biondo says chronic pain sufferers are of particular concern because they are likely to use medication over a much longer period. "We believe there's a small amount of, but the significant amount is …

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