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McKinsey to pay $650m to settle opioid charges
Former McKinsey senior partner Martin Elling is also set to plead guilty to obstruction for destroying records related to the…
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McKinsey to pay $650m to settle US opioid consulting probe | Drugs News
Prosecutors say McKinsey provided Purdue advice on measures it could take to ‘turbocharge’ OxyContin sales. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company…
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Discoveries & Research
First pediatric guideline on opioid prescribing in primary care focuses on preventing overdose
With its emphasis on opioid overdose prevention, the first guideline for primary care providers from the American Academy of Pediatrics…
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Implantable device may prevent death from opioid overdose
The opioid epidemic claims more 70,000 lives each year in the U.S., and lifesaving interventions are urgently needed. Although naloxone,…
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Music
Lisa Marie Presley Memoir Details Opioid Addiction Withdrawals
Following the birth of her twins Harper and Finley Lockwood in 2008, Lisa Marie Presley was prescribed painkillers to aid…
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Nonfatal opioid overdoses in youth spiked during pandemic
Drug overdose mortality has risen faster among adolescents than the general population in recent years, largely due to fentanyl, a…
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Discoveries & Research
Ultra-low-dose ketamine can curb opioid withdrawal
Drug overdose is the leading cause of injury deaths in young adults in the United States, with fentanyl causing over…
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