Category: DRUGS
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First drug to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets full FDA and Medicare approval for early-stage cases; drug is still in clinical trials at UK
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval for the first drug to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, opening the...
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DEA administrator says Congress needs to pass laws to keep social media from serving as platforms to promote, sell fentanyl
The U.S. needs laws to force social-media companies to keep their platforms from being used to promote and sell fentanyl, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said on NBC‘s “Meet The Press” Sunday,...
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Kentucky has 84 syringe-service programs in 65 counties; the pandemic slowed their growth, but two have opened this yea
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has added two new syringe-service programs for intravenous drug users this year, bringing the total to 84 SSPs, in 65 of the state’s...
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Electronic cigarette sales are way up, and so are calls to poison-control centers about children’s exposure to the devices
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Electronic cigarette sales are up, and so are calls to poison control centers, according to two new reports from the Centers for Disease Control...
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E-cigarettes get bigger and badder: Sales up rose 47% in last 3 years, nicotine content up 76% in last 5; FDA struggles to regulate
By Liz Szabo KFF Health News When the Food and Drug Administration first asserted the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes in 2016, many people assumed the agency would quickly get...
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Herald-Leader digs into idea of using a psychedelic drug to treat opioid-use disorder, talks to a Ky. woman about her use of it
The head of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission has suggested using up to $42 million of the more than $900 million in settlement funds with drug companies to invest...
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Kentucky had 5% fewer drug overdose deaths in 2022 than in ’21
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky is still losing more than 2,000 citizens a year to drug overdoses, but last year’s total was less than the year before, the...
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Opioid commission leader suggests it use at least $42 million to get exotic psychedelic drug approved to treat opioid-use disorder
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The head of the commission that manages the state’s opioid-settlement money said Wednesday that the panel will “explore the possibility” of committing “no less...
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Marijuana is often used during pregnancy, but it can get the child off to a lower-than-average start on development and health
Users and sellers of marijuana may suggest that expectant mothers use it to alleviate side effects of pregnancy, especially morning sickness, and research has found that it is the drug...
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UK’s new Cannabis Center funds four research studies; two will look at marijuana use by pregnant women and cancer patients
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky Kentucky’s recently established center for cannabis research has awarded its first set of faculty pilot grants to support innovative and collaborative cannabis research. The University...