BY ANDREW KOLODNY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR AUGUST 29, 2019 AT 9:47 AM I testified at the Oklahoma opioid trial and welcome the verdict. Now we need to treat everyone in need, educate America and end this health crisis. From the witness stand in Norman, Oklahoma, I raised my right hand and told the truth, the whole…
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New California Opioid Regulations in Effect
October 2018 The State of California is taking action against the opioid epidemic. The California Assembly, Medical Board and Department of Justice are working together to reduce the risk of death associated with prescription opioids. California regulation requires prescribers to check the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) and offer naloxone when prescribing…
Johnson & Johnson opioid ruling explained – the key points
By Chris McGreal in Washington Mon 26 Aug 2019 21.08 EDT An Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572m for its role in driving Oklahoma’s opioid epidemic. The landmark ruling will have wide-ranging consequences for the other opioid makers, distributors and pharmacy chains facing thousands of lawsuits across the country. Judge Thad…
U.S. NEWS Johnson & Johnson must pay over $572 million for its role in Oklahoma opioid crisis, judge rules
AUG. 26, 2019, 1:08 PM PDT / UPDATED AUG. 26, 2018. By Doha Madani Oklahoma’s attorney general claimed that the company marketed opioids to doctors while downplaying the risks of the addictive painkillers since the 1990s. “TO WATCH VIDEO GO TO LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST.“ An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson &…
Opioid Dependency and the Intolerability of Pain
The most vexing of all questions in the debate over long-term opioid management for pain is subtle, difficult to articulate, and rarely considered. It lies at the heart of whether and how we maintain patients with severe pain on long-term opioids or whether we help them learn to self-manage it instead. This most vexing of…
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