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Monthly Archive for: "July, 2017"
Home » Archives for July 2017
 Ohio Workers’ Comp Moving Away from Opioids and Surgery
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By SOFA
In Updates
Posted July 21, 2017

Ohio Workers’ Comp Moving Away from Opioids and Surgery

The Bureau of Workmans’ Compensation board in Ohio has approved a rule that discourages surgery and opioid use in favor of more conservative forms of therapy for lower back injuries. In [...]

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 US Opioid Policies Need a Major Overhaul, says NASEM
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By SOFA
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Posted July 17, 2017

US Opioid Policies Need a Major Overhaul, says NASEM

A panel from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is urging the regulators to change policies on opioids in the United States. The panel wants to see the FDA give more [...]

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 Extreme Opioid Use and Doctor Shopping Plague Medicare
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By SOFA
In Updates
Posted July 13, 2017

Extreme Opioid Use and Doctor Shopping Plague Medicare

The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a report on painkiller abuse amongst medicare patients. The Inspector General found that heavy use and [...]

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 Beshear: Opioid Painkiller Being Pulled by Pharmaceutical Company ‘First Step’ in Fighting Epidemic
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By SOFA
In Updates
Posted July 12, 2017

Beshear: Opioid Painkiller Being Pulled by Pharmaceutical Company ‘First Step’ in Fighting Epidemic

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 7, 2017) – In 2015, more than 225 Kentuckians died from a drug overdose with Opana in their blood. Now that the makers of the opioid painkiller announced July 6 that it will [...]

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 Opioid Legal Battle: Palm Beach County Considering Suing Drug Companies
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By SOFA
In Updates
Posted July 11, 2017

Opioid Legal Battle: Palm Beach County Considering Suing Drug Companies

Another county has joined the growing list of states, counties, and cities filing lawsuits against drug manufacturers over the opioid epidemic. Palm Beach County (Florida) received over 5,000 [...]

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 Surgeons Ditching Opioids in Operating Room
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By SOFA
In Updates
Posted July 6, 2017

Surgeons Ditching Opioids in Operating Room

Surgeons across the country are now implementing techniques that minimize the use of highly addictive painkillers that have led to the opioid crisis we currently face. Doctors are turning to [...]

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