InFocus: The Misuse Potential of Oxycodone
No abstract available (Source: Emergency Medicine News)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - May 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: InFocus Source Type: news
Empire of Pain — the story of the Sacklers and OxyContin
Patrick Radden Keefe’s saga of how a pharmaceutical dynasty unleashed a wave of dependency and grew rich from it (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 28, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Two novel biobanks offer investigatory targets for cocaine and oxycodone addiction
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers have created to novel biobanks of diverse tissues from animals to further explore the biological bases and consequences of addiction to cocaine and oxycodone. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The Case for Abandoning ‘Corporate Responsibility’ When We Judge Company Practices
In an earlier era, green referred to grass and trees and jealous eyes. But over the past half-century, green has taken on a life of its own. The Green movement deals with the collisions and contagions of the contemporary world—how to view them, and how to cure them.
The book from which this essay is excerpted, The Spirit of Green, examines a wide array of social, economic and political questions from a Green vantage point. These questions include established areas such as pollution control and global warming. But they also involve new frontiers such as Green chemistry, taxes, ethics and finance. The example that foll...
Source: TIME: Science - April 20, 2021 Category: Science Authors: William Nordhaus Tags: Uncategorized climate change feature Magazine TIME 2030 Source Type: news
For Him, the Delight Is in the Digging
Patrick Radden Keefe has investigated human smuggling, government espionage and the Northern Ireland conflict. With “Empire of Pain,” he takes on the Sackler family and the opioid crisis. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MJ Franklin Tags: Books and Literature Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Book) Keefe, Patrick Radden Opioids and Opiates Purdue Pharma Sackler Family Drug Abuse and Traffic OxyContin (Drug) Source Type: news
People Are Buying Illegal Opioids on the Dark Web
FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 -- Illegal drug sales on the dark web are common, hard to detect and are fueling America ' s opioid epidemic, a University of Texas study reveals.
Opioids include prescription painkillers (such as oxycodone) and illegal drugs... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 2, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
InFocus: The Saga of OxyContin
No abstract available (Source: Emergency Medicine News)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - April 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: InFocus Source Type: news
Judge Blocks Lawsuits Against Sackler Family As OxyContin Bankruptcy Talks Continue
Two dozen states had hoped to sue the owners of Purdue Pharma for their alleged role in the opioid crisis. But a federal bankruptcy has judge put the brakes on — again — until April 21.(Image credit: Toby Talbot/AP) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Brian Mann Source Type: news
Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma Files Bankruptcy Plan
TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 -- Purdue Pharma has filed a bankruptcy restructuring plan that seeks to end thousands of lawsuits over the role that its painkiller Oxycontin played in the U.S. opioid epidemic.
The plan requires members of the Sackler... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 16, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Purdue Pharma Offers Plan to End Sackler Control and Mounting Lawsuits
The OxyContin maker filed its long-awaited restructuring plan in bankruptcy court. Revenue from the new company would go exclusively to abating the opioid crisis. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman and Mary Williams Walsh Tags: Suits and Litigation (Civil) Bankruptcies Opioids and Opiates OxyContin (Drug) Purdue Pharma Sackler Family Source Type: news
Hudson Woman Sentenced to 15 Months for Tampering with Consumer Products and Unlawfully Obtaining Controlled Substances
FDA OCI, Kristina Coleman, Hudson NH, sentence, tampering, opioid, pharmacy technician, Nashua, oxycodone, baclofen, suboxone, muscle relaxant, replacement, controlled substance, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - March 2, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Study shows opioid use among US patients with knee osteoarthritis costs 14 billion dollars in societal costs
(Wiley) Although guidelines do not recommend use of opioids to manage pain for individuals with knee osteoarthritis, a recent study published early online in Arthritis Care& Research, an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Professionals, estimates that 858,000 Americans use opioids such as tramadol and oxycodone for their knee pain, equating to $14 billion in lifetime opioid-related societal costs, or nearly $0.5 billion annually. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Head of McKinsey, Kevin Sneader, Voted Out as Firm Faces Reckoning on Opioid Crisis
Partners decided not to keep Kevin Sneader in the top job. Weeks earlier, McKinsey had reached a historic settlement agreement in the U.S. over its advice to drugmakers. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Forsythe Tags: McKinsey & Co Sneader, Kevin David Appointments and Executive Changes Opioids and Opiates OxyContin (Drug) Purdue Pharma Source Type: news
Dark Web Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Distributing Opioids
FDA OCI, Daren Reid, Ft. Lauderdale FL, guilty, distribute, opioids, dark web, Oxyflight, Imperial Royalty, oxycodone, morphine, Silk Road, Wall Street, Apollon, drug trafficking, prescription drugs, Bitcoin, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - February 12, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Mexico ’s poor have little luck obtaining opioids intended for palliative care
If you ’re poor and terminally ill in southern Mexico, there’s far less chance you’ll get the painkillers you need for palliative care than your cousins in more prosperous regions, particularly those pharmacy-rich areas along Mexico–U.S. border, say UCLA researchers and colleagues who studied opioi d dispensing levels across the country.What ’s more, the researchers’ paper in the journalThe Lancet Public Health suggests it ’s likely that some of the opioids intended for Mexican citizens are ending up in American pockets.Despite a Mexican government initiative launched in 2015 to improve access to prescription...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 11, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
