EAGAN, Minn., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to help identify both new and prior users of opioids who may be at risk for opioid use harm and to ultimately help prevent misuse, Prime ...

Opioid Epidemic May Be Keeping Prime-Age Americans Out of the Workforce. New research from Princeton’s Alan Krueger suggests link between falling workforce participation and rising painkiller ...

Now, a drug researcher warns that speedballing has become a “widespread public health crisis” that requires a multi-faceted ...

Prescription opioid abuse and its downstream effects have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved a step closer to providing help to ...

Dating back to the 1970s, the term speedballing originally referred to the combination of heroin and cocaine. Combining stimulants and opioids – the former’s “rush” with the latter’s calming effect – ...

Prime Therapeutics and Pear Therapeutics Announce First ... Value-based Agreement for Prescription Digital Therapeutics reSET® and reSET-O® for the Treatment of Substance and Opioid Use ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime), a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) serving more than 20 million members nationally, examined opioid use and prevalence ...

As the United States tries to end the opioid crisis, which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resulted in more than 75,000 overdose deaths from April 2020 to April 2021 ...

The U.S. remains in the midst of an ever-worsening drug overdose crisis. Because prescription opioids drove its earlier phases, the nation responded by drastically reducing access to those drugs ...

This article explores common opioid types, the causes and signs of an opioid overdose, and how to provide or seek help ...

Opioids no more effective than placebo for common back pain, a study suggests : Shots - Health News New research calls into question prescribing the drugs even for short-term pain relief ...