Opinion: Is one $6-billion settlement enough of a reckoning for the family that brought us the opiod crisis?
Family members of those who died in the opioid crisis protested the Sackler deal as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case on Monday. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the complex bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma, whose owners, the Sackler family, have become synonymous…#supremecourt #purduepharma #oxycontin #purdue #sacklers #nativeamerican #ustrusteeprogram #justicedepartment #pratikshah #percocet (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Instagram, other social media should be banned for anyone 16 and under, Ramaswamy says at GOP debate
Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy took aim at social-media companies during the second GOP presidential debate, saying Wednesday night that he would aim to ban anyone age 16 or under from using those companies’ platforms. “If you’re 16 years old or under, you should not be using an…#vivekramaswamy #ramaswamy #iowa #percocet #metaplatforms #instagramandfacebook #twitter #bytedance #tiktok #nikkihaley (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could AI be the spark that ends the opioid epidemic?
The opioid epidemic has had a whack-a-mole kind of complexity, stumping researchers for the better part of two decades, as they’ve attempted to better understand the evolving social and systemic factors that push people to start abusing opioids and also identify potential overdose hot spots. These…#clinicians #healthcare #percocet #newyorkcity #illinois #reddit #sobergrid #purdueuniversity #fritzlangs #stanleykubricks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales
Mexico has closed 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts, six months after a research report warned that drug stores in Mexico were offering foreigners pills they passed off as Oxycodone, Percocet, and Adderall (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Steven Crowder Sent Photos of His Genitals and Exchanged Drugs in ‘Super Creepy’ Workplace, Ex-Staffers Say
Steven Crowder has been a lightning rod for controversy since he launched his online show, Louder with Crowder, but behind-the-scenes his bombastic behavior has taken center stage, with allegations of abusive behavior toward his estranged wife, Hilary, as well as claims of toxic workplace conduct…#stevencrowder #crowder #dailywire #louderwithcrowder #rumble #creepy #steven #geraldmorganjr #bible #percocet (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meta's Threads Directs Cannabis & Psychedelics Users To Rehab Help But Alcohol And Tobacco Are No Biggie
Launched Wednesday night by three former Facebook employees, the text-based social media platform Threads apparently doesn't care for cannabis or psychedelics and feels a need to protect users from them. Viewed as a “potential Twitter killer” and the source of the proposed cage fight between…#threads #elonmusk #metaplatforms #markzuckerberg #marijuanamoment #samhsa #mdma #percocet #xanax #kylejaeger (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tea Woman Charged with Tampering with Consumer Products and Obtaining Controlled Substances by Fraud
FDA OCI, Brittany Enstad, Tea, South Dakota, indict, R.N., nurse, OxyContin, hydrocodone bitartrate, oxycodone hydrochloride, oxycodone and acetaminophen, remove, blister pack, replace, different, medications, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - June 12, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Girl dies from fentanyl-laced painkiller, latest in wave of Texas teen deaths
Sienna Vaughn, a 16-year-old high school junior in Texas, died after taking a pill she got from a friend that she thought was Percocet. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Timothy Bella Source Type: news
' As Easy As Ordering Pizza': How Fentanyl-Laced Pills Are Killing America ’s Youth
'As Easy As Ordering Pizza': How Fentanyl-Laced Pills Are Killing America’s Youth Authored by Katie Spence via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), On the morning of July 25, 2020, Matthew Thomas took what he believed was a Percocet, a prescription drug for pain relief. He died moments later, the…#katiespence #epochtimes #matthewthomas #percocet #methhidden #nogales #mexico #austenbabcock #fentanyl #wendythomas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fentanyl Tainted Pills Cause Drug Fatalities Among Youth to Soar
Teenagers and young adults are turning to Snapchat, TikTok and other social media apps to find Percocet, Xanax and other pills. The vast majority are laced with deadly doses of fentanyl, police say. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman Tags: your-feed-science Social Media Drug Abuse and Traffic Opioids and Opiates Mobile Applications Fentanyl Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Drug Enforcement Administration Snap Inc Meta Platforms Inc your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
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Title: oxycodone/acetaminophenCategory: MedicationsCreated: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - March 24, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Bessemer Couple Sentenced for Producing Fake Prescription Drugs
FDA OCI, Earnest Coleman, Tashana Sims, sentence, pill presses, fake prescription drugs, punches, dies, plates, defraud, mislead, powders, dyes, China, acetaminophen, fentanyl, heroin, paverine, fake Lortab, fake Adderall, fake Soma, fake Xanax, fake Ecstasy, fake Oxycodone, fake OxyContin, opioids, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - May 12, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
FDA: Doctors Should Discuss Opioid OD Antidote With Patients
FRIDAY, July 24, 2020 -- Doctors should tell patients and caregivers about the overdose antidote naloxone when they prescribe opioid painkillers such as Percocet and OxyContin and medicines to treat opioid addiction, including buprenorphine,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 24, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
More than half of US opioid prescriptions for dental procedures exceeded 3-day supply recommendations from CDC 2016 guidelines
New largescale study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found overprescription of opioids by dentists common, particularly to patients at high risk for substance abuse, and that almost 1/3 of patients received more powerful drugs than neededElsevierIMAGE: In this cross-sectional analysis of 542,958 dental visits by adult patients, between 1 in 4 and 1 in 2 opioid prescriptions exceeded the recommended morphine equivalents and days ' supply for...viewmore Credit: Michelle S. Woods Ann Arbor, February 4, 2020 - Dentists are among top prescribers of opioids in the US, however, whether their opioid presc...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - February 13, 2020 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Opioid Use By Teens a Red Flag for Other Dangers
In a national survey of U.S. high school students, 14% said they had ever "misused" a prescription opioid such as Vicodin, OxyContin or Percocet. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
