West Virginia’s governor has signed legislation to limit opioid prescriptions that doctors can prescribe to treat acute pain. Gov. Jim...
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Health insurer Cigna said it has achieved a 25 percent reduction in opioid use among its customers as a result...
Using prescribed opioids adds significant time to temporary disability taken by workers with work-related lower back injuries, according to a...
Hoping to stop people from “doctor shopping” for highly addictive painkillers, Louisiana lawmakers have ordered physicians to consult a statewide...
A county in New York state has sued Purdue Pharma LP, Johnson & Johnson and other drugmakers, accusing them of...
Alabama has the highest level of prescription opioid use in the country, and companies that make the painkillers and their...
At first, the woman tried to hide her painkiller problem. She told the doctor that she still had pain from...
Limited opioid prescriptions, greater funding for addiction treatment and more support for people trying to stay clean: those are some...
According to a study released by Centers for Disease Control (CDC), consumer out-of-pocket spending on opioids has declined, with insurers...
The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses have quadrupled since 1999. To...