FDA approves new dosage strength of buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film as maintenance treatment for opioid dependence Agency is taking additional steps to advance the development of new FDA-approved treatments for opioid dependence and encourage their more widespread use

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https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm619864.htm?utm_campaign=09072018_PR_FDA%20approves%20new%20form%20of%20maintenance%20treatment%20for%20opioid%20dependence&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua Comment; This is a long-overdue...

It’s Overdose Awareness Day — and overdoses are killing more Americans than ever before The current drug overdose crisis has killed more people than who live in major US cities like Denver and Washington, DC.

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https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/31/17805226/opioid-epidemic-death-international-overdose-awareness-day Comment; Put another way, more Americans died of overdoses in 2017 than were ever killed by guns, car crashes, or HIV/AIDS in a single year in the US....