Tag: Opioids
Roger Williams Medical Center adds medication assisted treatment to addiction services
PROVIDENCE — Medication Assisted Treatment, which has gained support as the state campaigns to curb opioid abuse and overdose deaths, is now offered at...
R.I. reports 9% drop in overdose deaths from January – August...
PROVIDENCE — As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report showing the 2016 national number of overdose deaths at 63,600, 21...
CVS announces expansion of efforts to combat opioid abuse
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. announced an expansion of its efforts to combat national opioid abuse Thursday.
The company said it will expand its CVS...
Providers treating acute pain subject to tougher opioid-prescription rules
PROVIDENCE – Medical providers prescribing opioids to individuals with acute pain are subject to new, tougher regulations, according to the R.I. Department of Health,...
R.I. receives $2.2M to fight opioid epidemic
PROVIDENCE – Approximately $2.2 million in federal funding has been awarded to the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals to use...
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