Trump’s FDA Pick Says Tackling Opioid Crisis a Top Priority
The doctor nominated to head the powerful Food and Drug Administration told senators Wednesday that his first priority would be tackling the opioid crisis, and he pledged that science will prevail at the agency despite his extensive financial ties to medical companies it regulates. Dr. Scott Gottlieb is a physician-turned-health consultant who has criticized many FDA regulations…
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Getting Overdose Antidote with Painkillers May Cut ER Visits
WASHINGTON (AP) — Overdoses don’t happen just to heroin addicts—patients who legally use strong painkillers called opioids are at risk in the nation’s epidemic, too. A new study says when patients were prescribed an overdose antidote along with those medications, they made fewer painkiller-related visits to the emergency room. Hospitals and first responders have long…