How important do you think it is to steer someone to treatment who has just been saved from a near-fatal opioid overdose? If you answered “very” – and you probably did – you’re absolutely correct. According to Dr. Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug ...
Read MoreHospira, maker of Carpuject naloxone syringes, has begun a voluntary nationwide recall of two lots of the life-saving drug injectors. The company said ...
View MoreThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new non-opioid medication to help relieve the symptoms of opioid withdrawal. Called Lucemyra™ ...
View MoreOver the past two decades or so, a number of so-called “obesity” or “weight loss” or “appetite suppressant” or “diet” drugs have come and gone in the ...
View MoreA total of 57 proposed bills targeting the opioid epidemic have advanced through the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and are on their way to the ...
View MoreAmerica is in the throes of a substance abuse crisis, and it’s killing more people than ever. Parents, teachers and other caregivers are worried they ...
View MoreSurgeon General Jerome Adams urges friends and family members of anyone at risk of opioid overdosing to carry the OD-reversal drug naloxone. In a ...
View MoreA subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently heard arguments, both pro and con, about proposed new legislation called, "The ...
View MoreThe top seven drugs in each of the 50 states have been sorted and listed according to their prescription rates by researchers at GoodRx, the website ...
View More(Novus writes inspirational stories of people in the news who have overcome addiction. This is not to imply that these people are connected to Novus ...
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