Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing – Oregon Mental Health Archive

Price of Addiction: Oregon explores new painkiller abuse-deterrent rules

January 26, 2015

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 […]

U.S. overdose deaths rising fastest among middle-aged women, according to CDC

July 3, 2013

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By The Associated Press, July 2, 2013 Overdose deaths in the U.S. are rising fastest among middle-aged women, and their drug of choice is usually prescription painkillers, the government reported Tuesday. READ – CDC report in July “Vital Signs” newsletter on CDC.gov “Mothers, wives, sisters and daughters are dying at rates that we have never […]