Topic
Opioids
211 published works
DEA Chronicles
Sometimes Numbers Lie: Decline in Opioid Prescriptions is Hollow
[caption id="attachment_1243" align="alignleft" width="150"] Prescriptions Decline But Volumes Rise[/caption] According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, IMS has reported that the number of prescriptions for opioids declined 5% in 2013 compared to 2012. Although…
DEA Chronicles
Changes Ahead: New Rules for Painkillers
FDA Announces New Labeling and Postmarket Studies Requirements for Painkillers On September 10, 2013, the FDA announced its plan to issue new regulations for labeling extended-release and long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics…
DEA Chronicles
DEA’s Uneasy Relationship with Oxycodone
DEA's position on oxycodone is clear -- more or less. In DEA's letter to FDA supporting a petition to restrict the approved labeled use of oxycodone to "severe pain," DEA…
Quiat on Claims
Looking Honestly At Opioids
Opioids may do miore harm than good.
Pill Mill Monitor
Big Pharma’s Marketing of Painkillers Launches Senate Probe
By Kay Van Wey
Accidental overdosing on prescription drugs now kills more people in some states than car accidents. Now, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee is investigating the marketing practices of pharmaceutical companies that…
Pill Mill Monitor
Raid on Dallas Pill Mill yields more details
By Kay Van Wey
The name of the physician who allegedly owned and operated the South Dallas Pill Mill has been released. According to the Texas Medical Board, Leeroy McCurley, M.D. is a family practice physician.…
Toronto Estate Law Blog
The Death of Hillbilly Heroin?
OxyContin was developed in the 1990s for the purpose of providing around-the-clock relief from moderate to severe acute pain, chronic pain or pain associated with cancer or other terminal conditions. OxyContin…
Pill Mill Monitor
Senator Warns FDA about New, Stronger Painkillers
By Kay Van Wey
New York Senator Charles Schumer has seen the effects of prescription drug addiction in his state and has vowed to fight it. He warns that a new painkiller promising to…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Guidance to Part D Plans on Prescription Drug Abuse
CMS has issued guidance to Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors on steps they should take to prevent overutilization of Medicare Part D drugs, particularly painkillers such as…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in U.S., data show”
Main September 20, 2011"Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in U.S., data show" The title of this post is the headline of this effective and very interesting article from this…