More than 42,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose in 2016. Meanwhile, millions of other Americans suffer from chronic pain. The situation poses a difficult question for policymakers: How do we meet the needs of pain patients without contributing Read more…
More than 1,000 people per day receive treatment in emergency rooms across the country for misusing prescription opioids. And approximately 115 Americans die daily from opioid overdose. Statistics like these have spurred calls for action, and federal policymakers Read more…
Is Washington finally ready to address the nation’s opioid crisis in a meaningful way? Thursday marked the White House Opioid Summit, which welcomed 200 affected Americans to discuss the crisis with Cabinet members. President Donald Trump Read more…
Anyone can experience pain—but nobody should feel trapped by opioids as the only way to manage it: that’s the message at the heart of APTA’s newest video public service announcement (PSA) in the #ChoosePT opioid awareness campaign. Read more…
Ending the opioid crisis—or even just making a dent in it—is going to require nothing less than transforming an entire culture’s attitudes about pain and its management. But panelists at a recent APTA event believe Read more…
No one wants to live in pain. But no one should put their health at risk in an effort to be pain free. Since 1999, Americans have increasingly been prescribed opioids—painkillers like Vicodin, OxyContin, Opana, and methodone, Read more…
President Donald Trump declared America’s opioid crisis a public health emergency, announcing, “We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic.” But how? The president opted not to declare the situation a national emergency, despite Read more…
Could the solution to America’s opioid overdose crisis be as close as the nearest yoga studio? A new study from the VA San Diego Healthcare System and the University of California, San Diego found that veterans with chronic low Read more…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Alliance for Patient Access made the following statement regarding the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER) final report on the value of abuse-deterrent opioid formulations (ADFs). ICER concludes that “existing evidence is Read more…
WASHINGTON – Today the Alliance for Balanced Pain Management made the following statement about FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s announcement establishing an Opioid Policy Steering Committee. STATEMENT FROM BRIAN KENNEDY, ALLIANCE FOR BALANCED PAIN MANAGEMENT STEERING Read more…