WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited review of prescription opioid medications, including their risks and contribution to the U.S. overdose epidemic, is still underway at the FDA, the agency's commissioner said Tuesday.
The healthcare provisions include significant reforms that will directly impact consumers and health carestakeholders. This GT Alert summarizes the IRA's key healthcare provisions.
The cost of buying the opioid antidote naloxone is out of reach for many uninsured Americans, a hurdle that may keep the treatment from saving more people who overdose on opioids.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A judge has ordered the nation's largest drugstore chains to pay two small Ohio counties over $600 million dollars for helping cause the opioid crisis. Now, 19 Illinois counties – among them Cook, McHenry, and DuPage – are filing similar lawsuits.