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July 2023
Treatment of opioid-use disorder is an important part of the public health response to the opioid epidemic in the United States. Learn about recent research that continues to support the effectiveness and safety of buprenorphine as a treatment for opioid-use disorder.
February 2021
In this article, we review four postmarketing studies Purdue Pharma submitted to the FDA that evaluated the alleged abuse-deterrent properties of the company’s reformulated OxyContin and the agency’s independent assessment of the studies’ results. The data failed to show any meaningful reductions in overall opioid abuse or overdoses since the reformulated Oxycontin was approved in 2010.
April 2018
In his editor’s column, Dr. Michael Carome offers advice on how to avoid being conned by unscrupulous companies promising miracle treatments for opioid addiction and withdrawal.
October 2017
Hear how drugmaker Alkermes has engaged in a novel but troubling marketing campaign to increase sales of its once-monthly injected version of naltrexone (VIVITROL) for treatment of opioid addiction.
February 2017
From 2000 to 2014, almost half a million people died of drug overdoses in the U.S. Many of these deaths were fatal opioid overdoses, which have quadrupled in the U.S. since 1999. Learn why buprenorphine now outpaces methadone as a treatment of choice for opioid addiction.
May 2016
For various reasons, many prescribed medications go unused. Such leftover medications can pose a hazard to family members, especially young children, and the environment. Find out the best ways to safely dispose of unused prescription medications.
December 2011
Find out about 12 drugs that can interact with widely prescribed quetiapine -- 12 million prescriptions sold in 2010 -- to cause serious, sometimes fatal, heart arrhythmias.
June 2011
This article lists 355 drugs with names that are often confused with similar-sounding drug names. Find out what you can do to prevent getting the wrong drug.
March 2009
The article lists 57 different drugs that can cause dementia if used. This can be even more problematic if more than one of these drugs is being taken. These drugs are only one class of drugs that can cause mental deterioration and next month's issue will discuss additional drugs that can also impair thinking.
January 2008
More than 70 million prescriptions a year are filled for these popular antidepressants, including Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Luvox, Celexa and Lexapro. This article gives details about more than 60 other widely prescribed prescription drugs that can have harmful interactions if used with these antidepressants. The two different kinds of interactions are also discussed.
November 2003
Ten cases of life-threatening heart rhythm disturbances associated with the use of levomethadyl have been reported to European authorities since July 1, 1997.
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