In an interview with Mike Switzer, the COO of Okra Medical talks about the company’s new onsite destruction product for dangerous drug wastage like opioids. Click below to listen to the interview. Your browser does not support the audio element.
Read MoreSenator Tim Scott features Okra Medical on first installment of #TSGoodNews.
Senator Tim Scott features Okra Medical on first installment of #TSGoodNews. Okra Medical generously donated thousands of medical masks to eight hospitals and one pediatric group serving on the frontlines of COVID-19.
Read MoreNot sure how to get rid of extra opioids or antibiotics? The pharmacy may not know, either
By Shelby Lin Erdman, CNN Tue December 31, 2019 When it comes to getting rid of prescription drugs, fewer than half of the pharmacies surveyed for a new study gave accurate guidance that met US Food and Drug Administration standards for disposing of unused opioids and antibiotics. READ MORE AT CNN.COM
Read MoreFather reflects on overdose death of son
By Jason Raven, Tue September 24, 2019 Hunting and college football just aren’t the same anymore for Bruce Loveless and his family. “Back in the day you’d live and breathe by whatever the results of a Saturday game were but I hardly watch a whole game anymore,” he said. These were all things Bruce enjoyed with… Continue reading Father reflects on overdose death of son
Read More‘Once you have it, you need it’: Opioid epidemic still rages
By Michale Rubinkam, Mon September 16, 2019 As lawyers exchange mountains of paper and dicker over the details of a settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, Americans are dying from opioids by the tens of thousands in an epidemic that grinds on in state after state, community after community, with no end in sight. READ MORE… Continue reading ‘Once you have it, you need it’: Opioid epidemic still rages
Read MoreInvestigators Use New Strategy to Combat Opioid Crisis: Data Analytics
Justice Department tracks prescription and billing records to find patterns of abuse in opioid epidemic By Byron Tau and Aruna Viswanatha, Mon August 26, 2019 When federal investigators got a tip in 2015 that a health center in Houston was distributing millions of doses of opioid painkillers, they tried a new approach: look at the numbers.… Continue reading Investigators Use New Strategy to Combat Opioid Crisis: Data Analytics
Read MoreNew Details Emerge Over Mallinckrodt’s Role in Opioid Crisis
By Jared S. Hopkins & Joseph Walker, Sun August 25, 2019 Unsealed court documents show employees and outside parties expressed concern over the effectiveness of the company’s programs to guard against diversions and over-ordering READ MORE AT WSJ.COM
Read MoreOpioid overdose deaths continue to rise in SC, Greenville sees heavy toll from fentanyl
By Mary Katherine Wildeman, Wed August 14, 2019 Deaths from opioid overdose in South Carolina rose again in 2018, new data shows, hitting the Greenville area harder than anywhere in the state. Information released from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control on Monday shows 816 opioid overdose deaths across the state in 2018, an… Continue reading Opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in SC, Greenville sees heavy toll from fentanyl
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