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Now, painkillers that could reduce overdose risk

17 Nov 2017 4:30 AM

Preventing new patients from becoming addicted to opioids may have a greater effect on the opioid epidemic (Photo: AP)

Commonly available pain pills can be used as alternative to opioids...

Previous studies have shown opioids were prescribed in nearly one-third of ER visits.

8 Nov 2017 2:56 PM

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Despite crisis, most patients want to take opioids after surgery

While opioids may effectively relieve pain after surgeries and procedures, they may not be the best option in all cases.

16 Oct 2018 7:01 AM

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Ohio accuses drug distributors of helping fuel opioid epidemic

Opioids were involved in more than 42,000 overdose deaths in the US in 2016.

28 Feb 2018 7:56 AM

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Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics

Methadone is the oldest and most effective of the three approved medications used to treat opioid addiction.

24 April 2018 8:41 AM

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New data: Americans filling far fewer opioid prescriptions

The U.S. is estimated to consume roughly 30 percent of all opioids used worldwide.

19 April 2018 3:03 PM

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Cause and effect: the US opioid crisis explained

Find out how the opioid crisis is different from crack or heroin.

8 April 2018 7:34 AM

Amid a worsening epidemic of opioid addiction, doctors often try to prescribe alternative painkillers or other therapies for patients (Photo: AFP)

Opioids may lead to less satisfaction in sex life and lack of desire

Other treatments like rehabilitation and behavior therapy may work as well, if not better, for many types of chronic...

26 July 2018 6:01 AM

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Routine screening can prevent opioid use

The study highlighted one of the many dire consequences of the opioid epidemic.

16 July 2018 5:58 AM

Acting on the FIR, the police arrested the accused from the airport upon his return in May 2019.

8 Indo-Americans held for distributing millions of opioid pills...

Since January 2018, law enforcement authorities in US had been investigating large-scale importation of misbranded...

13 Sept 2019 10:53 AM

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Lower back pain? Go for early physical therapy

Currently, patients with low-back pain are given painkillers, X rays and, in some cases, told to rest.

23 May 2018 12:04 PM

There is an urgent need for health systems to look at the historical gaps and invest in providing timely and evidence-based treatment. (Photo: Pixabay)

Optimal strategies for treating opioid addiction

There is an urgent need for health systems to look at the historical gaps and invest in providing timely and...

5 March 2018 3:34 PM