Portland Business Journal, Jan. 26, 2015 Legislation is being prepared in Oregon to encourage safer opioid prescribing practices. Officials could do so by removing any disincentives to prescribing abuse-deterrent painkillers. “The concept addresses the idea of patient safety and consumer protection around the use of opioid analgesics and abuse deterrents,” said Dr. David Russo, a […]
Portland Business Journal, Dec 17, 2014 All but two Oregon hospitals are on board, or almost so, with a new online information exchange that is already giving emergency room doctors a tool to better assess patients and prevent drug seeking. Already, ER doctors are hailing the Emergency Department Information Exchange as an invaluable tool. At […]
Portland Business Journal, Dec. 15, 2014 After Dr. Bruce Farmer herniated a disc in his back about 10 years ago, he underwent two back surgeries but found no relief from his pain. So he developed his own exercise therapy program and it worked. He has devoted his career since then to developing solutions for back […]
Portland Business Journal, Nov. 21, 2014 The U.S. Food & Drug Administration on Thursday approved a “smart” opioid prescription painkiller that is supposed to be more difficult to abuse. Hysingla ER is an extended-release hydrocodone tablet that’s difficult to crush, break or dissolve, and therefore, harder to snort or inject. The approval comes at a […]
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