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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Journavx for short-term pain that often follows surgery or injuries.
FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Drug in 20 Years
The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and ...
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Cannabis Compounds Show Promise for Chronic Pain Relief Without High
Yale researchers found that cannabis-derived compounds CBD, CBG and CBN reduce pain signaling by inhibiting the Nav1.8 ...
Opioid overdose deaths throughout Midwest most strongly linked to a lack of economic upward mobility, Boston College study finds
The unprecedented increase in drug overdose deaths in the U.S., long believed to be driven by access to legal and illegal opioids, is most closely tied to an equally dramatic decline in upward income ...
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Opioid overdose deaths throughout Midwest most strongly linked to a lack of economic upward mobility, study finds
Moreover, it was two to three times as powerful a predictor as the next strongest predictor, either opioid prescription rates or unemployment." A standard exponential equation accurately described ...