opioids

The Orlando City Council is applying for a Florida Department of Health grant that would provide Orlando Police officers with hundreds of additional doses of NARCAN.

Florida will receive 40 million dollars as part of a 573-million-dollar settlement between McKinsey & Company and dozens of states because of the global consulting giant’s role in the opioid epidemic.

A new report commissioned by Project Opioid looked at people affected by the opioid crisis in Central Florida, finding an increase in the number of non- fatal overdoses coming into emergency rooms. Still, healthcare attorney Harry Nelson who is the author of the book United States of Opioids, says this community is doing some things right in confronting the problem.

Seminole and Lake Counties allege companies including Purdue Pharma marketed prescription opioids as safe pain management, while others including Walgreens and CVS didn’t restrict the sale of these drugs.

A bill aimed at curbing the opioid crisis passed in the Senate earlier this week. The Opioid Crisis Response Act would limit the availability of these drugs.

A new law places limits on controlled substances including opioids that can be prescribed by doctors in Florida. The law is meant to curb the opioid crisis, but some doctors are skeptical.

Osceola County is going after pharmaceutical companies. The county filed a lawsuit against several pharmaceutical companies.

University of Florida researchers can help doctors predict whether patients are at high risk for chronic pain. These patients can be offered more long-term pain management.

Babies who are exposed to drugs in the womb are at increased risk of developing symptoms of withdrawal after they’re born. A new bill wants to improve their care.

A new study published in Pediatrics journal says the number of children hospitalized for opioid overdose doubled nationwide. Deaths from these overdoses decreased.