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Category: Opioid Developments

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WCRI Reports on Interstate Variation in Dispensing Opioids

While many states report fewer opioid prescriptions, MME levels vary more significantly by state.

In a call for public comment, the FDA believes that reducing excess opioid supplies can lower opioid misuse, abuse, and overdose.

Four research sites will test proven opioid prevention and treatment interventions, hoping to reduce overdose deaths by 40% over three years.

Various state and local governments have sued drug developers for the harms of the opioid epidemic, and this could be the first of many settlements.

With an enormous range of initiatives to prevent and treat opioid use disorder, the bill has officially been signed by the President.

On average, construction workers are six times more likely to die from an opioid overdose death, more than any other occupation.

Drugs to treat opioid dependence could be approved under new clinical endpoints other than reducing opioid use.

The number of opioid-dependent injured workers in the Ohio workers' comp system fell 19% in 2017.

Forty-one states and over 200 cities and counties claim drug makers deceived patients and doctors regarding opioid safety and addiction risks.

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