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Teva Pharmaceuticals to pay $85 mn to Oklahoma to settle opioid case
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals on Sunday agreed to pay USD 85 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Oklahoma state over allegations that the company contributed to the state's opioid crisis.
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Ease of access to drugs causing spike in overdose among adolescents, young
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 25 (ANI): A recent study has claimed that death rates from drug overdose have sharply increased due to easy access to prescription drugs like opioids.
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Study provides insights on marijuana and opioid use in people with cancer
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], Apr 22 (ANI): A new study has revealed that people suffering from cancer use Marijuana to get relief from the pain. And shockingly, it is been seen that people residing in the US, consume the maximum amount of the drug.
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Opioid overdose linked to varying dosage, claims study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 21 (ANI): A study has claimed that patients who were prescribed opioid pain medications but kept changing the dosage over time were prone three times more to overdose than those taking a stable opioid medication.
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China to tighten curb on lethal fentanyl drug
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Apr 1 (ANI): Days after concluding "constructive" trade talks with the United States, China on Monday announced to tighten curbs on the painkiller fentanyl, which Washington considers as the main cause of US-opioid crisis.
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FDA chief Scott Gottlieb resigns
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 6 (ANI): Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who tackled various health issues from youth vaping to opioid addiction, on Tuesday resigned from his post.
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Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly team for thriller 'Dreamland'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline Lilly are set to team up for ‘Dreamland’, an "opioid thriller" from Nicholas Jarecki and the follow-up to his 2012 debut ‘Arbitrage’.
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Drug injection may cause substantial rise in bacterial heart infections
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 28 (ANI): A new study now finds that people who inject drugs have a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis. It is a serious infection of the lining of the heart and is possibly linked to increased use of the opioid hydromorphone.
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Parents think opioids best for children's pain relief, despite risk
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): Parents are still conflicted about opiods. A survey, commissioned by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) find that while more than half express concern their child may be at risk for opioid addiction, nearly two-thirds believe opioids are m
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Opioids kill more children and teens: Study
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): A huge number of children are dying from opioid poisonings, a new study shows.
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Urine drug test crucial to curb opioid use disorder
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): Urine drug testing can be a useful tool to treat patients with opioid use disorder in a primary care setting, suggests a new study.
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Early physical therapy can reduce opioid use: Study
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 16 (ANI): According to a recent study, patients who underwent physical therapy soon after being diagnosed with pain in the shoulder, neck, low back or knee were approximately 7 to 16 percent less likely to use opioids in the subsequent months.
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