Articles tagged as: opioids
April 5, 2018
Surgeon General Urges More Americans To Carry Opioid Antidote
As Indiana's top health official for three years, Adams championed harm reduction methods in response to the opioid crisis.
Read MoreApril 4, 2018
The Best Medicine For Chronic Pain Is Not A Drug, Experts Say
It took several months and a team of half a dozen doctors, nurses and therapists to help Kim Brown taper off the opioid painkillers she'd been on for two years.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2018
Advocates Hope For More Action From Trump On Opioid Crisis Plan
President Donald Trump says federal leaders will roll out an opioid policy plan in the next few weeks, and local advocates hope to see less talk, and more action.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2018
CDC Report: Overdoses At Indiana Emergency Rooms Increase
Indiana and other Midwest states experienced a significantly increased number of overdoses at emergency departments.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2018
Project Aims To Streamline Opioid Data, Focus Resources
The Regenstrief Institute will create a "data commons" as part of the Indiana Univeresity Grand Challenge to tackle addiction in Indiana.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2018
Opioid Treatment Expansion Bill Passes House
Indiana currently has 18 opioid treatment center options and this bill would increase that number to 27.
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2018
New Guidelines Address Acute Pain Management
The Indiana State Hospital Association, the State Department of Health and the Indiana State Medical Association collaborated to craft new guidelines that focus on management of outpatient acute pain.
Read MoreNovember 27, 2017
Indiana Lawmaker Wants All Providers Registered In State's Drug Monitoring Database
Such databases alert providers to patient risk factors, such as seeing several doctors to get multiple prescriptions.
Read MoreNovember 20, 2017
30-Plus Treated After Opioid Exposure At Fort Wayne Jail
Guards had entered one particular cellblock of the county jail in Fort Wayne after being alerted that inmates there were smoking something.
Read MoreNovember 6, 2017
Stakeholders Hopeful, But Say Some Opioid Commission Recommendations Miss Mark
The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released its report on recommendations to help curb the nation's opioid crisis.
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