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State of addiction: How UAB is making an impact on the opioid crisis
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June 6, 2019
The numbers — and the heartbreaking stories contained within them — are staggering.
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Benefits of Machine Learning Algorithm for Predicting Opioid Overdoses
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June 5, 2019
Jenny Lo-Ciganic, assistant professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida, explains why a machine learning algorithm is beneficial for risk prediction and stratification of opioid overdoses.
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AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations offer roadmap to policymakers
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May 30, 2019
The American Medical Association (AMA) Opioid Task Force released recommendations today calling on policymakers to eliminate barriers to treatment and to take additional steps to end the opioid epidemic.
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Kids Whose Parents Use Opioids Are Twice As Likely to Attempt Suicide
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May 22, 2019
In the 15 years since the suicide rate among young people in the U.S. began increasing, opioid use and abuse among adults also has sharply risen.
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Calhoun County Anti-drug Agency Installs Drug Takeback Bin at Drug Store
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May 14, 2019
In Calhoun County, a drug bin--like the ones installed in local police departments--is now located at a local drug store.
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New Emergency Protocol Targets Opioid Addiction and Deaths
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April 30, 2019
A new initiative from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Emergency Medicine is looking to approach the opioid epidemic in a holistic way.
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Panel discussion held in Colbert County to help end opioid crisis
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March 20, 2019
It is an epidemic which has a firm grip on much of north Alabama.
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Breaking The Cycle: Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) In The Criminal Justice System
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March 15, 2019
For persons with an opioid use disorder who are in the criminal justice system, the process of transitioning from jail or prison back to the community can be overwhelming.
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Mother on a mission: pushing for state change after son’s accidental overdose
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March 13, 2019
A Blount County mother is on a mission to spare others her grief following her son's shocking overdose death. She's behind a push for Alabama to adopt the J.K. Elrod bill.
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To help fight the opioid crisis, a new tool from Maps and Search
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February 21, 2019
In 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, with over 130 Americans dying every day from opioid-related drug overdoses.
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DEA, Google Team Up to Make Drug Disposal Easier
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February 21, 2019
Search engine giant rolls out medication disposal tech.
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Amid Opioid Crisis, Google Maps will show you where to dispose drugs
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February 21, 2019
Google Maps is taking steps to help combat the opioid epidemic.
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Peer Support Specialists Care for and Connect Rural Behavioral Health Clients
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February 6, 2019
Throughout the country, Peer Support Specialists are working to beat the feeling being along by connecting clients together.
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Long-term opioid use for OA varies greatly by state
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February 4, 2019
The use of opioids for osteoarthritis is varying greatly from state to state.
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The opioid crisis in Birmingham: ways you can help slow the epidemic
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January 11, 2019
The opioid crisis in Birmingham is real, just like it is across the United States. Actually, did you know Alabama has the highest prescribing rates in the nation? According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Alabama’s prescribing rate was 121 per 100 people in 2016.
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Alabama gets federal assistance to help take drug dealers, drugs off the streets
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December 14, 2018
In the state’s ongoing fight against the drug epidemic, Gov. Kay Ivey has put federal funds in the hands of law enforcement in hopes of reducing illegal drug use in the state by arresting those who buy or sell illegal drugs or falsely obtain prescription drugs.
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In Pennsylvania, People Lined Up For Free Naloxone
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December 14, 2018
The state made the opioid reversal drug, naloxone, available to anyone.
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New degree could bring help in opioid crisis
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December 1, 2018
The University of Alabama's decision to add a degree in addiction and recovery is a timely move, but also a reality check on the state's steep opioid abuse crisis.
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Alabama In Top 5 For Opioid Sales In U.S.
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November 27, 2018
Tennessee tops the list for most opioid sales, but Alabama is close, as the crisis mounts throughout the country.
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OPIOID CRISIS: Overdose fighting devices in Alabama schools
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November 12, 2018
Phase two of the state’s partnership with a company that makes opioid overdose fighting devices, will now be found in public and private high schools here in Alabama.
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Insurer cracking down on opioid prescriptions
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November 4, 2018
Blue Cross Blue Shield's recent announcement that, effective Jan. 1, 2019, it no longer will cover standard formulations of the opioid painkiller OxyContin drew some attention.
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A Rural Community Decided To Treat Its Opioid Problem Like A Natural Disaster
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October 28, 2018
When he was police chief of Stanwood, Wash., population 7,000, Ty Trenary thought rural communities like his were immune from the opioid crisis.
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AP analysis: ‘Obamacare’ shapes opioid grant spending
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October 27, 2018
With Republicans and Democrats joining forces again in a bipartisan effort to target the U.S. opioid crisis, an Associated Press analysis of the first wave of emergency money from Congress finds that states are taking very different approaches to spending it.
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University of Alabama team wins $1 million grant to develop tool to combat opioid abuse
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October 21, 2018
Across the country, opioid abuse has reached epidemic levels, severely affecting communities and straining public safety resources.
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For Beating The Opioid Crisis, America Has Better Weapons Than Fentanyl Test Strips
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October 3, 2018
The opioids crisis is affecting communities across the nation. The disease of opioid use disorder does not discriminate.
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Hypnosis could be key treatment for opioid addiction
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September 30, 2018
As the nation struggles with a sweeping opioid epidemic, mental health experts say they have found a possible solution. It's a way to kick a painkiller habit before it even starts.
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Using Telemedicine to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
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September 18, 2018
HHS has developed materials to help clarify how clinicians can use telemedicine as a tool to expand buprenorphine-based MAT for opioid use disorder treatment.
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FDA takes important steps to encourage appropriate and rational prescribing of opioids through final approval of new safety measures governing the use of immediate-release opioid analgesic medications
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September 18, 2018
Today’s action places immediate-release opioid analgesic drugs intended for use in an outpatient setting into agency’s Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
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A Simple Reason So Many Older Americans Are Overdosing on Opioids
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August 31, 2018
A recent poll suggests many doctors aren’t warning elderly patients of the risks when prescribing painkillers.
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Lawmakers announce opioid overdose devices for high schools statewide
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August 31, 2018
An auto-injection device that helps reverse an overdose from opioids, like heroin and prescription painkillers, is being offered for free to high schools across the state of Alabama.
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Legislators tackle opioids
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August 27, 2018
Alabama is at Ground Zero in the opioid overdose crisis — last year the state had the highest national number of opioid prescriptions, more than the state’s total population, according to a report by insurance provider Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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Opioid addiction skyrockets in pregnant women, CDC says
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August 20, 2018
The risks of being pregnant while addicted to opioids are stark – miscarriage and stillbirth.
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Harvard study names Alabama as one of the states with highest rate of opioid prescriptions
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July 31, 2018
Alabama doctors are writing more opioid prescriptions than any other state in our nation
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Study reveals opioid patients face multiple barriers to treatment
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July 12, 2018
In areas of the country disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis, treatment programs are less likely to accept patients paying through insurance of any type or accept pregnant women, a new Vanderbilt study found.
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FDA Approves Generic Option for Opioid Dependence
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June 15, 2018
The FDA has approved the first generic version of Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone) sublingual film for the treatment of opioid dependence.
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Doctors in Alabama decreasing the number of opioid prescriptions they write
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June 11, 2018
Physicians across the United States are helping battle the opioid crisis by lowering the number of opioid prescriptions they write.
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With More Opioid Use, People Are More Likely To Get Caught Up In The Justice System
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June 6, 2018
Any amount of opioid use was associated with a higher risk of arrest, parole or probation according to a new study.
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Ten insights on the US opioid crisis from claims data analysis
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June 1, 2018
Careful analysis of health insurers’ claims data can provide important insights into the opioid crisis by identifying patterns that could help shape strategies to combat opioid dependence and abuse.
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FDA approves the first non-opioid treatment for management of opioid withdrawal symptoms in adults
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May 16, 2018
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Lucemyra (lofexidine hydrochloride) for the mitigation of withdrawal symptoms to facilitate abrupt discontinuation of opioids in adults.
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Study upends conventional view of opioid mechanism of action
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May 10, 2018
NIH-funded scientists find new molecular target for developing safer pain medications.
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U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Naloxone and Opioid Overdose
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April 5, 2018
The Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service makes an announcement on the importance of naloxone in the opioid epidemic.
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