Opioid Watch

Independent, nonprofit news about the epidemic from The Opioid Research Institute. Funded by the Joseph H. Kanter foundations.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Less than a month after 60 Minutes featured a report about Kaleo, a company criticized for charging $4100 for Evzio, an auto-injector containing the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone, Kaleo announced it will offer a generic version for $178 https://t.co/cyD1xSIbQu

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

Prof. Robin Feldman on the perverse incentives driving up prescription drug prices: https://t.co/y65YZjqUPQ

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

"Mayor Nan Whaley thinks nothing has had as big an impact on overdose deaths as Gov. John Kasich’s decision to expand Medicaid in 2015, a move that gave nearly 700,000 low-income adults access to free addiction and mental health treatment."
https://t.co/KkxvNme2sI

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

Marcia Angell: "This increasingly seems to me not a legal or medical problem, nor even a public health problem. It’s a political problem. ... To end the epidemic of deaths of despair, we need to target the sources of the despair." https://t.co/0KZkLfHN4x

[Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald]

Plz retweet

My 16th day tweeting about @NotreDame decision to drive out an accepted student after learning he has epilepsy. Wont stop until they apologize.

How can ANY university not see a boy who succeeds despite disability as a bonus to the school? https://t.co/M8wuL1FXA7

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

“You had never seen people in such agony as these people on high doses of opiates,” she told me. “And we thought it’s not just because of the underlying pain; it’s to do with the medication.”

Superb article, @ChrisMcGreal. Now brace yourself.

https://t.co/AQ3OLqQWxd

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

Insys, known almost entirely for its fentanyl mouth spray (and bribery allegations), seeks to sell all opioid assets. pivoting to cannabidiol (CBD).
https://t.co/AQENdrnlkY

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

Few things in medicine invite more vitriol on social media than questioning the utility of opioids for chronic pain. That said, the most important commentary I've ever written is now open access at @CMAJ. https://t.co/Z1wStKNWjk

[StanfordHealthPolicy @StanfordHP]

#Opioid use disorder vastly undercounted: Massachusetts study https://t.co/9TvQHsBgAq via @opioidwatch

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

in Berkshire County, more than 6 percent of all residents over 11 had OUD.
https://t.co/jYuukHfjPK

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

In the 26-to-44 age bracket, 6.78 percent of all state residents had OUD.
https://t.co/jYuukHfjPK

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

Nearly 5 percent of state residents over the age of 11 suffered from opioid use disorder in 2015.
https://t.co/jYuukHfjPK

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

“The finding is horrifying both for the suffering it represents and for how it reveals the inadequacy of our existing methods of tracking the epidemic.”—@KeithNHumphreys https://t.co/jYuukHfjPK

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

only about one-third of teens who report opioid use are tested for hep C. yet 10% of those tested have been exposed.
https://t.co/NTKPkXP3qA

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

Hepatitis C killed 18,000 Americans in 2016. Yet modern drugs can cure the disease in most patients.
https://t.co/NTKPkXP3qA

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

Makes sense. But then, makes sense even without this particular strain of salmonella.

[Opioid Watch @OpioidWatch]

@Sentinel_Vaughn @StanfordHP @KeithNHumphreys Wow. Have you written about why?

[Dave Aronberg @aronberg]

Encouraging news: @CDCgov provisional data show decrease in U.S. drug overdose deaths over the past 6 months, dropping 2.8% from their peak. Opioid overdose deaths fell 2.3%. https://t.co/1yMReKHWYx #Sayfie #FlaPol @JoeNBC @vneidigh @OpioidWatch @ericbolling #opioidepidemic

[Insiteful Vancouver @InsiteVan]

Ontario government to keep overdose-prevention sites /via @globeandmail #HarmReduction https://t.co/UIIzCJFeHO

[Glenn Kessler @GlennKessler__]

Going through Trump speeches to update our database. He tells audiences the opioid bill passed "very little Democrat support." The vote was 98 to 1, with only Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) opposing it. The House passed it 393 to 8. Even a rare bipartisan achievement can't be celebrated?