Celebrate National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26
October 26 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which encourages people to safely dispose of their unused prescription medications while raising year-round.
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Henry Schein to Be Dismissed from Summit County Opioid Litigation
The plaintiff in the opioid litigation involving Summit County, Ohio, presently before the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has.
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NIH Grant to Support Development of Opioid Alternative Strategies
Associate professor David Seminowicz, PhD, of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) Department of Neural and Pain Sciences has received a.
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Dentist Sentenced to Eight and a Half Years in Prison for Opioid Conspiracy
A dentist in Virginia Beach has been sentenced to nearly eight and a half years in prison for conspiracy to distribute prescription opioids.
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Campaign to Target Dental Opioid Abuse and Misuse
The Medicaid|Medicare|CHIP Services Dental Association (MSDA) has launched a national campaign aimed at reducing opioid use for post-surgical dental pain management. It will.
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Large-Scale Study to Explore Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen as Opioid Alternatives
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has awarded the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) an $11.7 million grant to study.
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Cigna Notes Decrease in Opioid Prescriptions Among Its Dental Providers
Cigna has partnered with dentists to increase awareness of the dangers of opioids, the greater risk of misuse and addiction among teenagers, and.
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Opioid Prescriptions Continue to Be Common for Adolescent Dental Patients
Dental issues remain a significant cause of opioid prescriptions among teens and young adults, according to researchers at the Division of Emergency Medicine.
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ADA Responds to Study of Excessive Opioid Prescriptions in Dentistry
The ADA says that it is aware of recent research from the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Sheffield noting.
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US Dentists Prescribe 37 Times More Opioids Than English Dentists
Dentists in the United States write 37 times more opioid prescriptions than those practicing in England, and the opioids they prescribe have a.
