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Commentary: Finally, some promising news on opioids for patients in severe pain

The U.S. remains in the midst of an ever-worsening drug overdose crisis. Because prescription opioids drove its earlier phases, the nation responded by drastically reducing access to those drugs — with prescriptions dropping by nearly 50% over the last decade. But it’s now clear that approach was ineffective at combating…

Los Angeles Times

People addicted to opioids rarely get life-saving medications. That may change.

The Biden administration is moving to make it easier for Americans with opioid addiction to gain access to medical treatments proven to save lives.

WEKU

US health agency accused of bowing to drug industry with new opioid guidance

Doctors say CDC’s softer guidelines ‘tossing aside’ safety limits put lives at risk as opioid epidemic continues to rage in the country

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Narcan could be required at California schools after youth fentanyl overdoses

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Following spates of fentanyl overdoses among students, California public schools could be required to provide Narcan on campuses — a nasal spray that can reverse deadly effects of opioids.

Los Angeles Times

After a Crackdown on a Pain Clinic, a Tragic Double Suicide

After losing access to opioids, many patients can’t live with constant pain.

Reason

Couple dies by suicide after DEA shuts down office of their chronic pain doctor in fentanyl panic

Authorities have struggled to combat drug abuse while protecting pain patients who need opioids to manage their conditions

The Independent UK

Opioid maker Endo to be monitored by Obama's former drug czar for $25K a month

Under pressure from people impacted by the nation's ongoing opioid crisis, a New York judge has confirmed Gil Kerlikowske, a former national drug czar in the Obama administration, as an outside monitor over Endo International's opioid business. The Chester County drug firm is reorganizing in bankruptcy court.

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Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits

The retail giant becomes the latest major player in the drug industry to announce a plan to settle lawsuits filed by state and local governments over the toll of opioids sold at its pharmacies.

WEKU

How years of opioid use damage your gut — and so much more

Many people take prescription opioids, such as codeine and hydrocodone, to manage pain. But long-term use has serious consequences for health.

Inverse

Cannabis for pain: A scientist reveals how weed activates our body's opioid system

Marijuana may offer an alternative to pain management, as the compounds in cannabis activate the body's own opioid system, a neuropharmacologist explains.

Inverse

What long-term opioid use does to your body and brain

Matthew Perry reveals his colon burst as a result of his addiction to opioid painkillers

Wales Online

The CDC's New Opioid Prescribing Advice Still Invites the 'Misapplication' It Blames for Harming Patients

The damage done by the original guidelines, including undertreatment and abrupt dose reductions, could have been avoided if the CDC had not presumed to advise doctors on how to treat pain.

Reason

CDC issues new opioid prescribing guidance, giving doctors more leeway to treat pain

The updated recommendations seek to course correct after guidelines from 2016 were criticized for harshly limiting access to needed pain medication.

WEKU

What long-term opioid use does to your body and brain

In his new autobiography, Matthew Perry reveals that his colon burst as a result of his addiction to opioid painkillers. The 53-year-old actor, who played Chandler Bing in Friends, was in a coma for two weeks following the incident and had to wear a colostomy bag for nine months.

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Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid painkillers – a neuropharmacology expert explains how

Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result of both the misuse of prescription opioids and the illicit drug market.

The Independent UK

CVS Health agrees to $5B settlement of opioid lawsuits

CVS Health says it has agreed to pay about $5 billion to state, local and Native American tribal governments to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids

Benzinga

Drugs You Don't Want To Mix With Marijuana

This article was originally published on The Fresh Toast and appears here with permission. Here is a list of medications and conditions that are currently thought to have adverse effects when mixed with cannabis.

The Guardian - US

When McKinsey Comes to Town review: the book to consult on opioids, China and more

Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe of the New York Times have done their homework on the management giant

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The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Fentanyl pushes overdose deaths to record level

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The Independent UK

As fentanyl drives overdose deaths, mistaken beliefs persist

Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation's illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Overdose deaths in 2021 were the highest they’ve ever been in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia saw its highest-ever number of fatal overdoses in 2021 with 1,276 people dying within city limits from drug use, city health officials said on Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

Matthew Perry says Jennifer Aniston 'scarily' confronted him about drinking problem

Ahead of his autobiography release, Matthew Perry has been opening up about alcohol and drug abuse which almost killed him at the age of 49 when his colon burst. The Friends actor has now revealed his co-star Jennifer Aniston directly confronted him about his drinking problems in a 'scary' interaction…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Rainbow fentanyl’ panic is obscuring the real dangers of a contaminated drug supply, experts say

PHILADELPHIA — As Halloween approaches, the federal government has been warning parents of a spooky new danger: Drug cartels are using rainbow-colored pills and powders that look like candy to introduce children to highly addictive synthetic opioids. One taste could kill.

The Guardian - UK

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver review – Appalachian saga in the spirit of Dickens

The novelist’s take on David Copperfield is a bold, heartbreakingly evocative tale rooted in America’s opioids crisis

Chronicle Live

'North-South divide' sees four times more opioid painkillers prescribed in the North East than in London

The amount of opioid painkillers prescribed in our region is among the highest in the country.

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