The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) will host a webinar on Understanding and Bolstering the Recovery Workforce and release results from the qualitative portion of its first-ever national surgery of peer recovery coaches. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, from 3pm to 4:30pm EST.
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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) to Release Results from National Survey of Peer Recovery Coaches at Webinar on Understanding and Bolstering the Recovery Workforce
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A Person’s Perception of Risk Can Tell Us About Their Chances of Opioid Relapse
December 8, 2019By
People in treatment for opioid addiction are more likely to relapse when they become more tolerant of risks, according to a study by Rutgers and other institutions. The findings can help clinicians better predict which patients are most vulnerable.
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Oklahoma judge reduces Johnson & Johnson opioid payout to $465 million
November 16, 2019By
An Oklahoma judge on Friday said Johnson & Johnson must pay that state $ 465 million for fueling the opioid epidemic through the deceptive marketing of painkillers, down from his original award of $ 572 million.
Opioid settlement talks fail, landmark trial expected Monday
October 20, 2019By
A landmark trial over the U.S. opioid epidemic is on track to begin on Monday after drug companies and local governments failed to agree on a settlement on Friday that had been expected to be valued at around $ 50 billion.
Reckitt to pay $1.4 billion to end U.S. opioid addiction treatment probes
July 11, 2019By
Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to pay up to $ 1.4 billion to resolve U.S. claims that its former pharmaceuticals business Indivior before it was spun out of the company carried out an illegal scheme to boost sales of an opioid addiction treatment.
Fate of opioid litigation hinges on government ‘police power’
June 26, 2019By
The fate of thousands of lawsuits seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic hinges in part on a thorny legal question: Can a company use a bankruptcy to stop lawsuits from cities and states?
Opioid company executives found guilty of racketeering
May 3, 2019By
Five top executives of Insys Therapeutics — maker of Subsys, a version of the extremely powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl — were found guilty Thursday on federal racketeering charges for bribing doctors to prescribe the painkiller to people who didn’t need it. They were also convicted of defrauding Medicare and private insurance.
These states have been hit the hardest by America’s opioid epidemic
February 23, 2019By
While there’s early evidence that the explosive rate of opioid deaths has started to slow, opioids killed more than 49,000 people in the United States in 2017, according to preliminary data. A new study reveals which part of the country has been affected the most by the ongoing epidemic.
Many U.S. drugstores fail to provide naloxone for opioid overdoses
November 13, 2018By
(Reuters Health) – Despite state laws expanding access to the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription, two U.S. studies suggest many pharmacies don’t stock the drug or make it easily available to people who need it.
Clinical Need Absent, Unclear in Nearly 30 Percent of Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions
September 21, 2018By
Nearly 30 percent of outpatient opioid prescriptions in the United States lack documented clinical reasons to justify dispensing the drugs.
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