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Fears Grow That Drug Dependent Newborns Won’t See Much Aid From Opioid Settlements

Blake Farmer

November 19, 2019

Robbie Nicholson

The image of shaking babies in hospital nurseries, withdrawing from opioids used by their mother, is referenced in many of the lawsuits against drug companies, aimed at punishing them for contributing to the opioid crisis. But there are growing concerns that those same newborns name-dropped in litigation will be left out of the settlements being […]

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: Health Care, neonatal abstinence syndrome, opioids, painkillers

Justice Department Resorts To Unprecedented Restraining Orders Against Celina, Tennessee, Pharmacies

Blake Farmer

February 8, 2019

Listen A federal judge has temporarily shuttered a pair of problem pharmacies on the Cumberland Plateau. The legal action is “a first of its kind action” by the Justice Department in a crackdown on prescription opioids.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, painkillers

Tennessee Deploys ‘Recovery Navigators’ To Bridge ERs With Rehab

Blake Farmer

January 7, 2019

Listen People who overdose on opioids in Tennessee could now be met in the emergency room by someone who has been there. The so-called “recovery navigators” were part of the state’s sweeping response to the opioid epidemic, authorized by the legislature last year.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, painkillers

Human Rights Watch Accuses Tennessee Of Over-Regulating Pain Management

Blake Farmer

December 19, 2018

A report from Human Rights Watch accuses Tennessee of regulating opioids to the point of depriving patients in pain. Along with Washington State, the analysis focuses on Tennessee because of its new prescribing regulations, which are considered some of the strictest in the nation.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, painkillers

How A Recovering Addict Convinces Doctors To Rein In Opioid Prescribing

Blake Farmer

September 12, 2018

Listen Physicians who seem to be over-prescribing painkillers or working with addicted patients may now get a tap on the shoulder from a Nashville startup working on behalf of insurors. The company uses sophisticated algorithms to identify problem patients and providers. But since this is such a delicate issue with doctors, they’ve hired a pharmacist […]

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, painkillers

How Harshly Should Doctors Be Punished For Violating Tennessee’s New Opioid Laws?

Blake Farmer

September 3, 2018

Listen A panel of doctors met for the first time last week with a single mandate: Decide how to punish physicians who prescribe too many opioids. 

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, painkillers

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