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11 Apr 2019, 3:50 pm by Mark Siesel
Much of the controversy surrounding prescription opioids involves OxyContin, a brand name for oxycodone. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 4:41 pm by Koester & Bradley
There have been cases in other states where doctors, and more specifically their insurance companies, have had to pay millions of dollars in damages for the over-prescription of opioids. [read post]
14 Jun 2020, 4:09 pm by H. Michael Steinberg
Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Prescription Fraud crimes in Colorado under C.R.S. 18-18-415 are becoming more common in a time when an opioid addiction crisis is gripping the nation. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 10:21 am
"In a number of cases, according to the indictments, doctors across the region traded prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone for sexual favors. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 11:09 am by Tom Smith
Doctors are increasingly reluctant to prescribe opioids for pain treatment amid soaring addiction rates and fear of liability as two physicians face allegations of pill peddling in a case before the Supreme Court, policy experts say.Xiulu Ruan and Shakeel Kahn are facing over two decades of prison time for allegedly operating like drug dealers with opioid prescriptions. [read post]
3 Jul 2017, 6:00 am by Kit Case
But that article also shared studies that state that pain pill prescriptions are not driving the opioid epidemic. [read post]
2 Apr 2021, 11:12 am by Brill Legal Group
Brill Legal Group has experience representing doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others in prescription drug fraud cases. [read post]
21 May 2019, 6:30 am by Michael B. Stack
  Prevent new cases of opioid-based prescription medication abuse from occurring: This all starts with the use of a pain management agreement – and making sure it is strictly enforced. [read post]
20 Nov 2017, 6:30 am by Michael B. Stack
The average amount set aside for opioids in the MSAs was $33,113, or 32.7 percent of the total prescription drug allocation. [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 12:21 pm by Carney Law Firm
  Section 39 of the Governor’s opioid bill would establish drug formularies in all workers’ compensation cases (not just those involving the prescription and use of opioids) and for all medications. [read post]
1 Mar 2022, 8:11 am by Patrick A. Malone
States, counties, and cities within weeks could start to receive desperately needed money to battle the deadly opioid abuse and overdose crisis as part of a newly finalized, $26 billion settlement with the largest distributors of prescription medications and a onetime maker of powerful painkillers. [read post]
27 Sep 2013, 2:34 am
In a recent case study, Web Morbidity and Mortality analyses the case of a 42 year old man who died of an overdose after doctors did not follow appropriate prescription practices. [read post]
Claims stemming from the manufacture, sale, distribution and prescription of opioid products continue to proliferate, fueling opioid liability as an historic mass tort. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 10:41 am by Jacob Dougherty
The post Two Ohio counties reach settlement in opioid case with four drug companies appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]
4 Mar 2013, 10:30 am
The study was able to determine which other types of prescription drugs were most commonly linked in cases of prescription painkiller overdose. [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 6:48 am by Robert Kraft
” The company “admitted to the scheme with an unnamed opioid maker, though the details of the government case closely match a public research partnership between Practice Fusion and Purdue Pharma Inc., which makes OxyContin. [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 9:56 am by Emily Burchfield, Guest Author
Although Big-Pharma companies are being targeted in litigation, however, retail pharmacies, large and small, are gatekeepers for opioid prescriptions. [read post]
15 Jan 2018, 9:00 am by Brill Legal Group
A doctor from New York faces charges in the fatalities of six patients who overdosed on opioids they received as prescription medication by his pain management clinic. [read post]
21 Aug 2018, 8:02 am by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
In one case, a school terminated a teacher on his first day of work after learning that he was on a prescription drug to treat dependency on opioids. [read post]
18 Aug 2017, 11:22 am by John Buhl
With prescription drugs it gets tricky, because health insurers make most of the payments for opioids in the United States. [read post]