Tag: drug treatment
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Surgeon general’s addiction report, requested by McConnell and Democratic senator, calls for a new approach
Only 10 percent of Americans who abuse painkillers get treatment, so the nation needs to take a different approach to the growing problem of addiction, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said...
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Ky. leads nation in rate of hepatitis C infections but new drugs to treat the disease are so expensive they’re out of reach for most
Kentucky’s rate of hepatitis C infections is seven times the national average, but expensive new drugs to treat the disease remain largely out of reach for residents of the state,...
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Heroin arrests and treatment are up in Appalachia, enlarging threat of HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks from unclean needles
Partly because it’s much cheaper than pain pills, heroin is “quickly making inroads in Southern and Eastern Kentucky,” the head of an anti-drug organization told Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal....
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Many Kentuckians have hepatitis C and don’t know it, but die from it; if you were born in 1945-65 you should get tested for it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the highest rate of hepatitis C infection in the nation, and many who have it don’t know they are infected and could...
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Senate passes addiction-treatment bill without extra funding Democrats wanted; Obama says he will sign it
Sen. Mitch McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan, far right, spokeat an enrollment ceremony to send the bill to President Obama. The Senate passed and sent to President Obama on Wednesday...
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Democrats in Congress lose key round in bid for immediate anti-addiction funds; threaten filibuster that could kill the bill
Deaths from prescription overdose hit a record high in 2014 By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Democrats are threatening to filibuster the proposed Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act after a Democratic-led effort...
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At third and final Medicaid hearing, Eastern Kentucky residents say plan doesn’t match up with the realities of their region
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In the county and region where the expansion of Medicaid has had the most impact, residents and health-care providers gave the harshest criticism yet...
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No Kentucky health-insurance plans eligible for federal subsidies offer comprehensive coverage of addiction treatment
Photo from drugabuse.com More than two-thirds of state health-insurance plans eligible for federal subsidies violate federal treatment requirements for addiction disorders, says the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse....
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Feds ease access to most common drug against opioid addiction
Photo from thefix.com By Danielle Ray and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Federal drug rules will soon loosen so that doctors can accommodate nearly triple the number of patients they...
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Medicaid hearings in Bowling Green and Frankfort elicit nearly incessant criticism; third and final hearing in Hazard next Wed.
Supporters of the current Medicaid expansion sat on the front row of a packed hearing room in Frankfort. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Supporters were few and far between...