Category: Drug Addiction

Reaction to New Massachusetts Medical School Curriculum Aimed at Stemming Explosive Rise in Opioid Misuse

February 15, 2016

By Ed Coghlan In an effort to address the opioid overdose crisis in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker reached out last falls to the deans of…

Drug Addiction

CVS Adds Ohio to List of States it Will Sell Anti-Opioid Overdose Drug, Naloxone

February 5, 2016

Staff

CVS Pharmacy announced that it is adding the state of Ohio to a growing list of states where the pharmacy chain will sell the anti-opioid…

Drug Addiction

FDA Enters Opioid Controversy - Where’s The Patient?

February 5, 2016

Ed Coghlan

By Ed Coghlan The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to create an action plan that can “reassess the agency’s approach to opioid medications. According…

Drug Addiction

2017: The Year of Thinking Magically

February 4, 2016

Ed Coghlan

By Ed Coghlan 1.1 Billion dollars has been set aside by the Obama administration for the purpose of addressing the abuse of heroin and prescription…

Drug Addiction

Obama Opioid Funding Draws Criticism

February 3, 2016

Ed Coghlan

By Ed Coghlan “We need to take chronic pain, as a disease, at least as seriously as opioid abuse.” That’s how nationally recognized pain physician,…

Drug Addiction

New Drug May Be Solution for Chronic Pain and Eliminate Risk of Addiction and Overdose

February 2, 2016

Staff

Researchers from the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System and Tulane University have created a new painkiller that is just as strong as morphine, and…

Drug Addiction

Commentary: The Debate Over Opioids Should Be Much More Than It Is

February 1, 2016

Ed Coghlan

By Ed Coghlan The National Pain Report has been covering the debate over the use of opioids ever since the DEA rescheduled them. It has…

Drug Addiction

NFL, Marijuana and Pain

January 30, 2016

Ed Coghlan

By Ed Coghlan As Super Bowl 50 approaches, the NFL is preparing its biggest event. National Pain Report readers might be asking, "What does the…