Category: Drugs
Purveyors Of Black-Market Pharmaceuticals Target Immigrants
The drugs were cheap, and the customers — mostly from Mexico and Central America — did not need prescriptions to buy them. But many are counterfeit.
In Cherokee Country, Opioid Crisis Seen as Existential Threat
Native Americans, make up less than 2% of the population, have higher rates of overdose deaths from prescription and illicit opioids than any other racial/ethnic group
States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices
Measures include authorizing importation drugs, screen for excessive price increases and establish boards to set the prices states will pay for drugs.
Almost 9 in 10 Washington’s kindergarteners fully immunized for school
About 5% of Washington kindergartners had an exemption from immunizations for a medical, personal, or religious reason — 7% were “out of compliance.”
Officials warn county residents about severe lung disease associated use of e-cigarettes and THC products
100s of cases of severe lung illness have been reported among e-cigarette users. Many report having vaped products containing cannabinoids, such as THC and CBD.
State makes it easier to access opioid overdose drug
Anyone who wants to get opioid overdose drug naloxone can now obtain the drug at any pharmacy in the state without a prescription.
Judge Cites Opioid ‘Menace,’ Awards Oklahoma $572M In Landmark Case
It’s the first ruling to hold a pharmaceutical company responsible for one of the worst drug epidemics in American history.
How does the Washington state’s new immunization law affect you?
Washington no longer allows personal or philosophical exemptions to the requirement that students get theMMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine.
Shopping Abroad For Cheaper Medication? Here’s What You Need To Know
If you going to cross the border for your medications, here are two things to know. 1) It is technically illegal. 2) It is unlikely you will be prosecuted.
Where Doctors Can Recommend Marijuana to Replace Opioids
Colorado, Illinois and New York now allow health professionals to recommend marijuana instead of addictive, potentially deadly opioid pain pills.
Advice On HPV Vaccine Could Leave Adults Confused
When a federal panel recently recommended an update to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine guidelines, it left a lot of uncertainty.
How drugmakers use their generics to stifle competition
Of the ways drug companies protect sales as patents expire by changing doses, adding ingredients, but authorized generics is by far the most profitable tactic.
Infusion Treatments For Low Iron Can Deplete Patients’ Wallets
Physicians profit handsomely from infusions. And they are paid based on the prescribed drug’s average price giving them an incentive to pick the most expensive.
Opioid study shows which counties are at high-risk
Study identified 412 counties are at least twice as likely to be at high risk for opioid overdose deaths and to lack providers who can deliver medications to treat opioid use disorder.
Opioid epidemic may have cost states $130 billion
In addition to effects on health care use, opioid misuse can also lead to significant declines in employment, which in turn rob states of expected tax revenue.