Opioids
Ten steps back, one step forward: Meditations on pain, uncertainty, and recovery - opinion
The pain after my recent bowel surgery was devastating. For weeks, nothing seemed to help, even while I was hospitalized and had access to the best drugs.
A new Israeli technology used at Rambam Hospital helped free a man from dependence on painkillers
Five arrested in China-US joint operation targeting drug trafficking
Finally recognizing the Israeli opioid disaster
Health Ministry’s amendment for control on potentially deadly opioid prescriptions endorsed
The ministry has recognized the fact that opioids were being dispensed by doctors in the US and more recently by Israeli physicians like candy for for treating severe pain.
Israeli scientists claim the brain can stop the urge to take fentanyl
A new Hebrew University lab study reveals the brain’s potential to regulate fentanyl consumption – offering hope in the fight against opioid addiction.
Over-prescribing opioids is unethical - opinion
The medical community as a whole must stand up against the over-prescribing of opioids, as many healthcare workers have done elsewhere.
TAU and Sackler family agree to remove Sackler name from Faculty of Medicine
The two sides issued a joint announcement on Wednesday without providing any explanation for dropping the name that has belonged to the medical school.
Teva to pay Nevada $193 million over role in opioid epidemic
Nevada, along with other states and thousands of local governments, accused Teva and other drugmakers of downplaying the addiction risks of opioid pain drugs.
Jewish family behind OxyContin, to pay $6B in deal against lawsuits
The decision to grant immunity by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday effectively ends the thousands of civil lawsuits that have been filed against Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers’ company.
Diplomatic disaster and opioid preoccupation
The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and guest co-host Tamar Uriel-Beeri.
Israel's pain-related opioid consumption has overtaken the US
A new study suggests immediate actions to be taken to cut consumption and use of narcotic medicine than clinically necessary.
Israeli drugmaker Teva says opioids settlement to move forward in US
As a result of the opiod crisis, more than 932,000 people have died in the US since 1999 from a drug overdose.
Mexico arrests Ovidio Guzman, son of 'El Chapo,' in night of violence
News of the capture came after a night of violence in the city of Culiacan in the northern state of Sinaloa, home to the drug cartel of the same name.
