Pain Management

(Reuters) — Oklahoma’s attorney general on Thursday had dropped all but a single claim against Johnson & Johnson and Teva...
Canada may have been the first country in the world to legalize medical marijuana back in 2001, but its provinces...
The prescribing of medications deemed to be pain treatment alternatives to opioids has significantly risen in California....
Anticonvulsants, a class of drugs originally intended and only federally approved to treat epilepsy, are increasingly commonplace in treating injured...
Insurance trade groups are praising a legislative effort to ensure that safe harbor is provided for banking and insurance industry...
Topical pain-relief creams, brand-name pharmaceuticals and other drugs that have yet to make it into the California formulary are among...
(Reuters) — Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family that own the OxyContin maker have reached a...
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed legislation Monday to greatly increase the fees that opioid drug manufacturers or wholesalers who...
The number of prescriptions for drugs that do not require a utilization review under California’s year-old workers compensation formulary increased...
The Maryland Senate unanimously passed a bill on Monday to require the coverage of medical marijuana for workers compensation, but...
Seventy-five percent of U.S. employers say they have been directly affected by opioids, but only 17% of them feel “extremely...
The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed legislation that expands workers compensation coverage for first responders, limits continuing medical maintenance awards...
(Reuters) — Purdue Pharma LP Chief Executive Officer Craig Landau said the company is considering bankruptcy, the Washington Post reported...
Mediation programs in two states are bringing together opioid-addicted workers and workers compensation insurers to create plans to get these...
An insurer may be required to cover the cost of medical marijuana, held the Supreme Court of New Hampshire when...
(Reuters) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is exploring filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from thousands of...
Workers compensation insurers have to tread carefully when it comes to whole health and managing comorbidities, because such efforts come...
Citing safer alternatives, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on Friday announced it will no longer include the painkiller OxyContin...
The Ohio attorney general says the state will demand a mediation of disputes regarding nearly $16 million in alleged overcharges...
Anti-inflammatory drugs often prescribed for pain and inflammation now represent the largest percentage of prescriptions prescribed to injured workers in...
(Reuters) — Oklahoma’s attorney general on Thursday had dropped all but a single claim against Johnson & Johnson and Teva...
Canada may have been the first country in the world to legalize medical marijuana back in 2001, but its provinces...
The prescribing of medications deemed to be pain treatment alternatives to opioids has significantly risen in California....
Anticonvulsants, a class of drugs originally intended and only federally approved to treat epilepsy, are increasingly commonplace in treating injured...
Insurance trade groups are praising a legislative effort to ensure that safe harbor is provided for banking and insurance industry...
Topical pain-relief creams, brand-name pharmaceuticals and other drugs that have yet to make it into the California formulary are among...
(Reuters) — Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family that own the OxyContin maker have reached a...
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed legislation Monday to greatly increase the fees that opioid drug manufacturers or wholesalers who...
The number of prescriptions for drugs that do not require a utilization review under California’s year-old workers compensation formulary increased...
The Maryland Senate unanimously passed a bill on Monday to require the coverage of medical marijuana for workers compensation, but...
Seventy-five percent of U.S. employers say they have been directly affected by opioids, but only 17% of them feel “extremely...
The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed legislation that expands workers compensation coverage for first responders, limits continuing medical maintenance awards...
(Reuters) — Purdue Pharma LP Chief Executive Officer Craig Landau said the company is considering bankruptcy, the Washington Post reported...
Mediation programs in two states are bringing together opioid-addicted workers and workers compensation insurers to create plans to get these...
An insurer may be required to cover the cost of medical marijuana, held the Supreme Court of New Hampshire when...
(Reuters) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is exploring filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from thousands of...
Workers compensation insurers have to tread carefully when it comes to whole health and managing comorbidities, because such efforts come...
Citing safer alternatives, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on Friday announced it will no longer include the painkiller OxyContin...
The Ohio attorney general says the state will demand a mediation of disputes regarding nearly $16 million in alleged overcharges...
Anti-inflammatory drugs often prescribed for pain and inflammation now represent the largest percentage of prescriptions prescribed to injured workers in...