FDA, FTC Warn Companies Marketing Supplements as Opioid ...

CSPI Newsroom-Jan 24, 2018

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission today warned marketers and distributors of 12 dietary supplements marketed as opioid withdrawal aids that they can no longer market these products with drug treatment claims—a big step toward getting these harmful products off the market.

Agencies target 'illegal, unapproved' products that claim to treat ...
Washington Post-Jan 24, 2018

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Misconceptions around horse supplements identified by researchers

Horsetalk-4 hours ago

The study team also found major misconceptions among horse owners over perceived testing and approval of equine supplements. University of Glasgow researcher Jo-Anne Murray and colleagues set out learn more about horse owners' use and perceptions of equine dietary supplements in the Irish equestrian industry.

Misconceptions around horse supplements identified by researchers

Horsetalk-4 hours ago

The study team also found major misconceptions among horse owners over perceived testing and approval of equine supplements. University of Glasgow researcher Jo-Anne Murray and colleagues set out learn more about horse owners' use and perceptions of equine dietary supplements in the Irish equestrian industry.

Misconceptions around horse supplements identified by researchers

Horsetalk-4 hours ago

The study team also found major misconceptions among horse owners over perceived testing and approval of equine supplements. University of Glasgow researcher Jo-Anne Murray and colleagues set out learn more about horse owners' use and perceptions of equine dietary supplements in the Irish equestrian industry.

Misconceptions around horse supplements identified by researchers

Horsetalk-4 hours ago

The study team also found major misconceptions among horse owners over perceived testing and approval of equine supplements. University of Glasgow researcher Jo-Anne Murray and colleagues set out learn more about horse owners' use and perceptions of equine dietary supplements in the Irish equestrian industry.

Here's How to Tell Whether Your Supplements Are Dangerous

TIME-Jan 25, 2018

Supplements live in the wild west of the wellness world. They're largely unregulated and under-researched, so people are often left to make not-so-educated guesses about what they're putting in their bodies. Two new resources from the National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) may help.

Vladimir Putin admits 'instances of doping' in Russian athletes

CNN-7 hours ago

Last year the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred Russian athletes from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics over allegations of state-sponsored dopingby Russia in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but will allow some individuals to compete as neutral athletes. On Monday, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee ...

Vladimir Putin says Russia hopes to turn page on doping at Olympics
ESPN-8 hours ago

Putin Calls Russian Doping Whistle-Blower Rodchenkov A 'Jerk'
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty-9 hours ago

Putin Was Behind Russia's Olympic Doping — Whistleblower
International-The Moscow Times-13 hours ago

'It was an important task for the universe' – WADA informant ...
International-RT-8 hours ago

Proposed legislation will fuel the opioid epidemic in the US

Southgate News Herald-3 hours ago

In fact, 96 percent of online pharmacies operate illegally, selling drugs without a prescription or distributing counterfeits. Many of these counterfeit medications fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. Counterfeiters will turn a few thousand dollars into $10 million by buying fentanyl powder – often purchased from Chinese labs – and a ...

Trump charges new HHS Sec. to combat opioid crisis, drug prices at ...

Trump charges new HHS Sec. to combat opioid crisis, drug prices at ...

CBS News-Jan 29, 2018

President Trump has charged the newest Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to help combat the impacts of the nation's opioid epidemic and rising prescription drug costs crippling the United States at a White House ceremony on Monday. "He will help lead our efforts to confront the national emergency of ...

Opioid makers face hundreds of lawsuits for misleading doctors ...

Opioid makers face hundreds of lawsuits for misleading doctors ...

KING5.com-Jan 29, 2018

The federal judge overseeing about 200 lawsuits against opioid makers would rather curb the opioid epidemic than referee the litigation. “About 150 Americans are going to die today, just today, while we're meeting,” U.S. District Judge Dan Polster of Cleveland, Ohio, told the parties earlier this month. “And in my humble ...

Philadelphia Has a Controversial Plan for Fighting the Opioid Crisis ...

Fortune-Jan 24, 2018

America's opioid epidemic is so brutal and pervasive that it's literally contributing to lower life expectancy across the nation and hitting the U.S. workforce participation rate. Prescription painkiller and opioid overdoses are now killing more than 30,000 Americans per year. The federal government has begun taking some ...

In effort to combat opioid epidemic, Philadelphia plans safe-injection ...
NBCNews.com-Jan 24, 2018

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How the US Postal Service Became Entangled in the Opioid Epidemic

Fortune-Jan 25, 2018

There's little argument that opioids are overprescribed in the United States, but it can still be challenging for some Americans to get the medication after their prescriptions run out, especially with increased scrutiny of late. That has opened a gray market in China, where users can easily buy drugs like fentanyl online without ...

Probe: Chinese opioid sellers exploit US postal service flaw
WOODTV.com-Jan 25, 2018

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Drugs kill more Americans than guns and cars. Kentucky was ...

The Courier-Journal-Jan 28, 2018

Editor's note: More Americans die each year now from drug overdoses than from car crashes and gun homicides combined. Most of the overdoses come from opioids, which since ancient days have been relieving pain, providing pleasure and destroying lives. Today, opioid addiction has become the new American plague, ..

DEA To Target Opioid Over-Prescribers

Hartford Courant-6 hours ago

In Connecticut, the over prescribing of opioids in the past has helped fuel an epidemic of deadly opioid overdoses, as reported by politicians, medical professionals and law enforcement. The state in recent years has taken steps to stymie those prescriptions, capping them to seven days in most cases. In a national effort last ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks on the fight against the ...
fox4kc.com-Jan 29, 2018

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House panel to begin hearings on bills to fight opioid crisis

The Hill-2 hours ago

The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced Tuesday that it will begin holding legislative hearings on measures to fight the opioid crisis the week of Feb. 26, a step forward in addressing the epidemic. The panel said that there will be multiple hearings to consider legislation aimed at fighting opioid abuse, ...

The Opioid Epidemic: Costs, Causes, and Efforts to Fight It

American Action Forum (press release) (blog)-4 hours ago

While President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in late October 2017, it is an issue that has been ravaging American families for decades. The opioid epidemic has now claimed more American lives than the AIDS epidemic at its peak in the mid-1990s, yet unlike the AIDS epidemic, the opioid ...

At least 14 NY counties and NYC suing opioid companies

Press & Sun-Bulletin-4 hours ago

The practice, detailed in one part of a multi-part USA Today Network series, is spreading across New York and the country, with at least 14 states suing opioidmanufacturers, according to data from governing.com. A large number of counties in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia are filing suits separate from their states.

America's racist response to the crack epidemic must inform the way ...
Opinion-NBCNews.com-6 hours ago

Trump administration unclear on continuation of opioid 'emergency'

ABC News-Jan 29, 2018

President Donald Trump's order declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency in October was set to expire last Tuesday — its 90-day mandate must be renewed upon expiration — leading to a lack of clarity in the commitment of the administration's response. In a statement released Jan. 22, acting Health and Human ...

This Arizona county had more opioid prescriptions than people

AZCentral.com-Jan 29, 2018

In 2016, Mohave County had more opioid prescriptions than people. The vast rural county in northwest Arizona dispensed 127.5 opioid prescriptions per 100 residents that year, making it Arizona's most prolific county by that measure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC data shows that ...

This is the Wrong Way to Deal With the Opioid Epidemic
In-Depth-Newsweek-Jan 29, 2018

America's opioid epidemic is driven by supply

The Economist (blog)-19 hours ago

LIFE expectancy in America declined for the second year running in 2016 according to data recently released by the Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC). Unsurprisingly, one major cause was the opioid epidemic. The CDC reported that deaths from drug overdoses rose from 16,848 in 1999 to 63,632 in 2016.