Image Español Anyone can save a life during an opioid overdose with naloxone, a front-line defense in the nation’s opioid crisis. Naloxone is a life-saving drug that, when sprayed into the nose or injected, quickly reverses the powerful effects of opioids during an overdose. Everyone who overdoses with opioids, whether it is with a prescribed… Read More »
Opinion writers weigh in on these health topics and others. The Washington Post: The Real Scandal Of The Opioid Crisis: Crony Capitalism Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz issued a grim account this week of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s slow response to the opioid crisis and failure to use all the tools at its… Read More »
With Purdue Pharma agreeing to settle with dozens of cities and states for a record-setting $ 12 billion, more opioid settlements could be on the way. But Purdue’s agreement doesn’t mean all the defendants are willing to go to the negotiating table quietly. On the contrary. Defendants in a Cleveland multidistrict litigation have gone so… Read More »
With thousands of opioid lawsuits piling up in a Cleveland courthouse, drugmakers and plaintiffs seemed at an impasse on how to move forward. Now, empowered by Endo and Allergan’s deals with two Ohio counties, all parties could be rushing to the table to discuss terms. Johnson & Johnson is the latest drugmaker to join settlement… Read More »
Opinion writers talk about the opioid crisis and other health care topics. The Washington Post: Opioid Deaths Are Down. But Challenges Continue. As the 20th century came to a close, the United States faced many challenges, but a high rate of death from prescription opioid overdoses was not one of them. In 1999, 3,442 people died… Read More »