Tag: Opioids
Brown professor co-authors report on combining care for opioid addiction, infectious...
PROVIDENCE – A report co-authored by a Brown University professor makes a series of recommendations on how to combine care for opioid use disorder...
R.I. Hospital-led researchers use devices to test street drugs for fentanyl
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island Hospital opioid expert is leading a study that has found that using two separate methods to check for fentanyl...
Fatal drug overdoses decline in U.S. for first time in 3...
NEW YORK – Fewer Americans died from drug overdoses in 2018 than the year before, the first decline in almost three decades, new federal...
Pharmacies say prescribers bear opioid crisis responsibility
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Doctors and other health care practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not...
Brown research could change approach to R.I. opioid crisis
Medication-assisted treatment is at the core of a new care model created by Brown University researchers looking to offer a restructured approach to opioid...
Loan repayment program a recruiting tool in opioid battle
A federal loan repayment program aimed at getting more health care providers to help people suffering from opioid dependency is crucial to fighting what...
Brown University awarded grants to reduce opioid overdoses
PROVIDENCE (AP) — Brown University was awarded $6.8 million in federal funding to work with Rhode Island health officials to help solve the opioid...
Hammer, nails… Narcan: Construction training aims to ease opioid crisis
As an industry, construction has been beset by the national opioid epidemic. In Rhode Island, a report by public-health officials found that about 20%...
CVS to expand medication disposal offerings
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. has plans to expand its offering of safe disposal units for unwanted and expired medication nationwide, as part of...
CODAC to present at international conference on opioid dependence
CRANSTON – Representatives from CODAC Behavioral Healthcare are in Florida this week to make presentations at the 2019 American Association for the Treatment of...
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