Tag: addiction
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Medicaid managed-care firm Coventry plans to stop paying for expensive drug that curtails addiction
Coventry Cares, one of the four firms that manage patient care for the state Medicaid program, has once again hit the headlines, this time for its plans to stop paying...
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Need for painkillers and social support, shortage of treatment programs, feeds prescription drug abuse in Appalachian Ky.
By Ivy Brashear Kentucky Health News Taking opioids is still the best way to treat patients with pain, but the drugs are addictive because they do more than just alleviate...
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E-cigarettes are untested and promote nicotine addiction, UK professors say
In the wake of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration‘s move to classify the electronic cigarette as tobacco rather than a more strictly regulated drug-delivery device, two University of Kentucky...