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New Drug Could Be A Solution To Washington’s Opioid Crisis
While it's next to impossible to know how many opioids entered the state illegally in 2023, we do know that just under 1.7 ...
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Opioid crisis worsens in Spokane County with alarming overdose data
The opioid crisis in Spokane County is escalating, according to data presented by Dr. Veena Singh from the Spokane County ...
Stricter penalties for fentanyl-related drugs passes House with bipartisan vote
A Republican-led bill to impose harsher sentences for people convicted of fentanyl-like drug crimes narrowly passed the House on Thursday evening, with 98 Democrats supporting the measure.
FDA OK's painkiller designed to end opioids' addiction and overdose risk
Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose ...
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New Report Finds Co-Prescribing Opioids and Benzodiazepines to Veterans at VHA from 2007 to 2019 Increased Their Risk of Death
A new congressionally mandated report examines how opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing between 2007 and 2019 impacted all-cause mortality among veterans treated at the VHA.
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FDA approves new, non-opioid painkiller Journavx
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Journavx, a non-opioid painkiller that is the first novel pain drug to win government authorization in more than 20 years. Vertex ...
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FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and ...
FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...