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Benzodiazepines, Drugs, Health Costs

Watch: High Cost Of Insulin Sends Americans To Canada To Stock Up

July 10, 2019

The price of insulins has nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016, leaving some patients with no choice but to travel to Canada, where insulin can be 90% cheaper.

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Benzodiazepines, Seniors

1 in 4 older adults prescribed a benzodiazepine goes on to risky long-term use, study

March 11, 2019

On average, the patients were 78 years old when they received their first prescription, which guidelines say should rarely if be given to adults over age 65.

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Benzodiazepines, Opioids, Suicide

Opioid-Related Suicides and Overdose Deaths Have More Than Doubled Since 2000

January 11, 2019

Suicides and drug overdoses kill US adults at twice the rate today as they did just nearly two decades ago.

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Benzodiazepines, Seniors

Study: Risky Sedative Prescriptions for Older Adults Vary Widely

October 25, 2018

Despite warnings that older adults shouldn’t take sedatives that put them at risk of injury and death, many primary care doctors are still prescribing them.

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Addiction, Benzodiazepines, Opioids, Painkillers, Substance Abuse

Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond

September 25, 2018

Many employers — ill-equipped or unwilling to confront an issue they are at a loss to handle — turn a blind eye to addiction within their workforce.

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Addiction, Benzodiazepines, Emergency Medicine, Opioids

Most Hospital ERs Won’t Treat Your Addiction. These Will.

September 21, 2018

Despite an overdose epidemic that is killing nearly 200 Americans a day, the vast majority of hospitals do not offer addiction treatment to ER patients.

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Benzodiazepines, Drugs, Insomnia

1 in 4 Older Patients Stay on Risky Sedative Too Long

September 14, 2018

Prescriptions for sedatives known as benzodiazepines may lead to long-term use among 1 in 4 older adults who receive them.

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