GLP-1 drugs can genuinely change people’s health. The patients who get the most out of them tend to be the ones who treat the prescription as the start of their care, and who ask hard questions about sourcing, supervision and nutrition before the first dose.
Good informed consent protects providers as much as patients.
A major court ruling assigns Albertsons financial responsibility for widespread addiction.
Higher opioid doses for new back pain were linked to greater addiction and overdose risks.
Officials warn that an undetectable synthetic opioid has reached Southern California’s illicit drug supply.
The university is warning about a deadly drug circulating across campus.
The arithmetic is not close. A submission that fails late costs far more than a rigorous one that took longer up front, and unlike an ordinary budget overrun, that bill is frequently paid by someone who never agreed to the gamble.
Fewer teen opioid prescriptions coincided with increasing opioid-related harms over time.
Pharmacist faces conviction after distributing thousands of opioid pills unlawfully.
Severe floods linked to higher opioid overdose deaths for years.