Category: DRUGS
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Incoming attorney general replaces leading advocate of funding research aimed at legalizing psychedelic for addiction treatment
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The main proponent of using state opioid-settlement money to fund research into a psychdelic drug as a treatment for addiction will soon be out...
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Businesses are pitching local governments to give them money from the national opioid settlement; Ky. advisers say to go slow
Information for this story was also gathered by Kentucky Health News. By Aneri Pattani KFF Health News The pitches are bold and arriving fast: Invest opioid settlement dollars in a...
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Some decongestants spike blood pressure; alternatives available
By Dr. Vincent Sorrell University of Kentucky It’s the season for respiratory viruses and the cough, congestion and sore throats they bring. There are many options for over-the-counter (OTC) remedies...
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If subpoenaed, pharmacy chains hand over customers’ private medical information; lawmakers say warrants should be required
“The nation’s largest pharmacy chains have handed over Americans’ prescription records to police and government investigators without a warrant, a congressional investigation found, raising concerns about threats to medical privacy,”...
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UK has $3 million grant to study impact of mothers’ opioid use on babies; Ky. 3rd in rate of babies with opioid-withdrawal syndrome
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to better understand the impact of opioid-use disorder on mothers and babies. Every...
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11 Kentucky nonprofits get grants to work on substance-use-disorder awareness and prevention in underserved communities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eleven nonprofit organizations have been selected to receive as much as $50,000 each from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s Funding for Recovery Equity...
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Opioid panel leader cites support for government-funded research into psychedelic drug; members have robust discussion of idea
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The commission that spends the state’s half of opioid settlements with drug makers, distributors and retailers agreed Tuesday to simplify its grant application process,...
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Walgreens to pay state $102 million to settle opioid claims
Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Wednesday that Walgreens and its subsidiaries hves agreed to pay a $102 million settlement to the state for business practices that worsened the opioid epidemic. Walgreens...
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Telehealth helps people stay in drug treatment, UK study finds
By Rachel Evans and Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Drug users getting buprenorphine treatment for opioid-use disorder through telehealth are slightly more likely to stay in treatment longer than those...
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Kentucky health insurers give $750,000 to Louisville public-benefit firm to improve care for opioid-exposed infants in rural Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the trade group for companies selling health insurance in Kentucky, has given $750,000 to Nascend, a Louisvile-based public-benefit...