Tag: drugs
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Customers of exchanges such as Kynect are more likely to get prescriptions than other private health-insurance customers
“People enrolled in health plans through the Affordable Care Act exchanges are ramping up their use of prescription medications more rapidly than those in employer or government-sponsored plans, according to...
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Kentucky ranks fourth nationally in painkiller prescriptions; CDC proposal would limit prescription strength and amount
Kentucky has the nation’s fourth highest rate of painkiller prescriptions, at about 130 prescriptions for every 100 people, Christine Vestal reports for Stateline. The high rate of painkiller prescriptions is...
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McConnell touts bill to fight opioid abuse; blocks extra funding, says money is available and more should require cuts elsewhere
The U.S. Senate passed a bill 94-1 March 10 aimed at “the growing epidemic of painkiller and heroin abuse,” Karoun Demirjian reports for The Washington Post. “Drug abuse has been...
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Bevin helps lead governors’ push to fight opioids; McConnell pressures new FDA boss on issue before his confirmation
The epidemic of opioid abuse, which is running strong in Kentucky, got a good deal of attention in Washington last week, in Congress, at the White House and at a...
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Frankfort approves needle exchange; Northern Kentucky remains resistant though that’s where the heroin problem is worst
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Franklin County Health Department can now operate a needle exchange program in Frankfort, following a 3-2 vote by the Frankfort City Commission, Seth...
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More in state say they know someone hurt by use of heroin, especially in Northern Kentucky
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky chart; click on it for larger version Northern Kentucky is the hotbed of heroin addiction in Kentucky, but use of the narcotic appears to be...
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Legislature will again tackle challenge of synthetic drugs
The Kentucky General Assembly will “intensify efforts against synthetic drugs that can slip into communities via the Internet, wreaking sudden havoc,” Mike Wynn reports for The Courier-Journal. “The legislature has enacted...
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Conway gets $24 million from Purdue Pharma to settle Oxycontin claim, $15.5 million from J & J subsidiary in Risperdal case
Purdue Pharma will pay the state $24 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the drug maker “illegally misrepresented and/or concealed the highly addictive nature of OxyContin and encouraged doctors...
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Ky. inches up in national health ranking, due to more coverage, HPV vaccination; but at 44th, it still has much work to do
Graphics are from America’s Health Ranking report By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranked in the bottom 10 states for 12 of the 34 measures ranked by the 2015...