Fentanyl in the US: A visual guide
Nearly 22,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized at US borders during the 2024 fiscal year, according to data from the US Customs ...
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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 ...
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Opioid Painkillers Less Available To People Of Color
THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- People of color now have less access to prescription opioid painkillers than ...
Virginia congressman introduces HALT Fentanyl Act to combat opioid crisis
According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, in 2023 more than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses in ...
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Interview: Doctors Need Flexibility in Prescribing Opioids
Stefan Kertesz, a physician and addiction expert, says overaggressive cutbacks can harm some chronic pain patients.
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Journavx: What to know about new FDA-approved non-opioid pain medication
Introducing Journavx: the FDA-approved non-opioid, non-addictive drug for acute pain. A major breakthrough in pain medication ...
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FDA Approves Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ First-in-Class Non-Opioid Journavx for Moderate-to-Severe Acute Pain
Approval of Journavx for acute pain marks the first new class of acute pain medication approved by the FDA in over 20 years.
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Fentanyl in the US: A visual guide
Fentanyl is powerful synthetic opioid that can be up to 100 times ... the most common drug involved in overdose deaths in the United States, fueling what the US Centers for Disease Control and ...