Dental Opioid Prescriptions Put Families at Risk of Overdose
Overdose rates are two and a half times higher among patients who filled a prescription for an opioid medication after a dental procedure,.
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Dentist Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Opioid and Medicare Fraud
Bradley A. Seyer, DDS, of Florissant, Missouri, has been sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment and a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty to.
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More Than Half of Dental Opioid Prescriptions Exceed CDC Guidelines
About half of the opioid prescriptions written by dentists in the United States exceed the three-day supply recommended by federal dental pain-management guidelines,.
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Dental Receptionist Sentenced to Prison for Forging Opioid Prescriptions
On October 28, Senior US District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo sentenced Belinda Dietrich of Marysville, Pennsylvania, to one year and a day.
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Dentist Sentenced to Eight and a Half Years in Prison for Opioid Conspiracy
A dentist in Virginia Beach has been sentenced to nearly eight and a half years in prison for conspiracy to distribute prescription opioids.
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Large-Scale Study to Explore Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen as Opioid Alternatives
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has awarded the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) an $11.7 million grant to study.
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US Dentists Prescribe 37 Times More Opioids Than English Dentists
Dentists in the United States write 37 times more opioid prescriptions than those practicing in England, and the opioids they prescribe have a.
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Walgreens Settles Fraud Cases for $269.2 Million
On January 22, 2019, the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) announced the settlement of two separate fraud cases against Walgreens Boots Alliance.
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100 Million Opioids Go Unused After Tooth Extractions
More than half of the opioids prescribed to patients after the extractions of wisdom and other teeth go unused, the University of Pennsylvania.
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Most Adults on Opioids Keep Their Leftover Pills
Deaths from prescription opioid have quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some of the dangers may.
