by Bruce Brown | December 27, 2018 | Health
Opioid overdoses continue to tear apart our communities. There were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the U.S in 2017, according to the CDC, of which 47,600 were opioid overdoses. West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Kentucky had the highest rates of...
by Alfred Poor | December 3, 2018 | General News, Health
Part of a worldwide epidemic, more than 72,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2017. Opioid pain killers — both prescribed and illicit — pay a major role in this statistic. The FDA is actively involved in addressing this crisis. One part of...
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by Alfred Poor | September 25, 2018 | General News, Medical
The opioid addiction epidemic has created a wide range of problems for healthcare professionals across the country and worldwide. One of the less visible problems is that an overdose patient is not necessarily safe once they are admitted to a hospital for treatment....
by Bruce Brown | June 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced FDA approval of a prescription drug implant to fight opioid addiction. Opioid addiction is a problem of epidemic proportions, from street drugs such as heroin and more commonly from prescription drugs. Greater...
