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U.S. There has been a significant increase in deaths from drug overdoses, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that it has set a new record for the year ending May. The CDC’s Health Alert Network said in a report released on Thursday that drug overdoses had …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – US states claim $ 2.2 trillion in damages for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s suspected role in America’s opioid epidemic, accusing drugmaker in new submissions press presenting painkillers on physicians and patients while playing the risks of abuse and overdose. FILE PHOTO: Bottles Prescribed Painkillers OxyContin …

Tablets believed to be lacre with fentanyl will be displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York.Photo: Don Emmert (Getty Images) Preliminary research from this week found that patients taking opioids for chronic pain may produce antibodies to the medication, which may …

Preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the number of deaths from drug overdoses in the US increased 4.6 percent in 2019 after falling for the first time in three decades in 2018. While the data won’t be finalized until the end of this …

Nearly 71,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, a new record that predates the Covid-19 crisis, which the White House and many experts believe will further increase those deaths. Preliminary numbers released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the trend is fueled by fentanyl …