FDA ’ s Gottlieb calls for greater use of medication-assisted treatment to fight opioid epidemic

Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, called Wednesday for the expanded use of medication-assisted treatments for opioid addiction, saying they could reduce overdoses and deaths. During a House hearing on the federal response to the opioid epidemic, Gottlieb said the agency will issue new guidance to manufacturers to promote the development of novel […]Related:World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’U.S. abortion rate fell 25 percent from 2008 to 2014; one in four women have an abortionState laws have reduced concussion risks in high school kids, study finds
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