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Endo is one of the companies named in lawsuits by the states of Ohio, [42] Missouri and Mississippi [43] as responsible for the US opioid epidemic. Its 10-K statement indicates that a majority of the company's US revenue in 2016 was derived from the sale of prescription pain killers, predominantly opioids. [44]
In response to the surging opioid prescription rates by health care providers that contributed to the opioid epidemic in the United States, US states began passing legislation to stifle high-risk prescribing practices (such as prescribing high doses of opioids or prescribing opioids long-term). These new laws fell primarily into one of the ...
Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances.
The law (TN Code 53-11-311) that prevents nurse practitioners (NPs) or physician assistants (PAs) from prescribing more than 16 milligrams of buprenorphine-naloxone daily (despite standard dosing ...
(Reuters) -The three largest U.S. drug distributors have agreed to pay $300 million to resolve claims by health insurers and benefit plans that they helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic ...
This is the list of Schedule I controlled substances in the United States as defined by the Controlled Substances Act. [1] The following findings are required for substances to be placed in this schedule: [2] The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
Global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed Friday to pay $650 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations into the advice it provided to opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma. As part ...
Titan's principal asset is Probuphine, [5] [6] a slow-release implant formulation of buprenorphine [7] for the treatment of opioid addiction or chronic pain. FDA Approval was granted on 26 May 2016. [8] It was licensed to Braeburn Pharmaceuticals for marketing and commercialization. [6]