Lawmakers want insurance companies to cover pain treatment alternatives to opioids
HB 241 would require health insurers to cover physical therapy, acupuncture, massage therapy, and chiropractic care as ...
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7 reasons to avoid opioid pain pills
As opioid pain medications continue being prescribed for chronic and severe pain, understanding their risks becomes ...
NY paramedics could get a tool to help opioid abusers break the habit
Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...
Sackler family, Purdue Pharma agree to pay $7.4B to settle opioid suit by 15 states
The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay a $7.4 billion settlement to end federal court claims filed by ...
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Ditch the opioids: New Rutgers study shows over-the-counter pain meds may be more effective for post–wisdom teeth extraction
Researchers compared a combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen against hydrocodone for treating pain after wisdom tooth ...
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Tris cues up filing for non-opioid pain drug on phase 3 win
The new data comes from the phase 3 ALLEVIATE-1 trial, which compared cebranopadol to placebo for the management of ...
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NY to receive up to $250M in landmark $7.4B opioid settlement
The agreement also ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue Pharma and prohibits them from selling opioids in the United States.
Purdue Pharma owners strike new $6.5 billion deal in opioid case
The deal comes after the Supreme Court blocked a controversial bankruptcy plan for Purdue that shielded Sackler family ...
Sackler family, Purdue Pharma reach $7.4 billion settlement with 15 states over opioid crisis
The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement ...
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Tris Pharma's alternative to opioids reduces post-surgery pain in phase 3 trial ahead of NDA submission
Tris Pharma has pointed to a phase 3 win for its pain relief drug as demonstrating the candidate’s potential to help resolve the opioid crisis. | Tris Pharma has pointed to a phase 3 win for its pain ...
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Billed as nonaddictive, new pain pill could soon win FDA approval
An opioid acts directly on the brain to block ... If the company does eventually win approval for a longer-term pain treatment, financial analysts say, its portfolio of painkillers in development ...
Sackler family to pay $6.5 billion for their role in ‘fueling’ opioid epidemic which has killed hundreds of thousands
Sackler family, who owned pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, will no longer be in control of the company or permitted to sell opioids if the new settlement plan is approved ...