Tag: opioids
“An Architect of the Crisis”: WV Sues Express Scripts Over Rx Opioids
West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey (R) has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts ...
Baltimore Accepts Offer for Fraction of the Opioid Settlement It Sought
The city of Baltimore has opted to take a court deal that will leave ...
Judge Offers Baltimore $100 million for OD Crisis—Far Less Than City Sought
A judge has offered Baltimore $100 million for opioid abatement efforts in a landmark ...
FDA Requires All Rx Opioid Labeling Warn About Risks of Long-Term Use
The Food and Drug Administration is overhauling the safety labeling requirements for opioid analgesics, ...
FDA Marks 7-OH, Kratom Compound With Opioid Effect, for CSA Schedule I
The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly referred to as 7-OH, ...
Judge Rejects Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Lawsuit Request to Address OD Crisis
A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a ...
The Golden Age of Doctor-Shopping
In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing ...
A Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System
Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of ...
Walgreens Settles DOJ Prescription Opioid Lawsuit, Likely at $350 Million
Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, will pay $300 million plus 4 percent interest ...
All the “Opioid Alternatives” Are at Least Making Rehab More Bearable
Rehab can serve a lot of purposes other than abstinence. For some people the ...
