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The Department of Justice has filed a civil suit against Conshohocken-based AmerisourceBergen, one of the largest wholesale pharmaceutical distributors in the country, and two of its subsidiaries for failing to report suspicious opioid orders to federal law enforcement, which authorities contend contributed to the opioid epidemic. The company failed to report at least "hundreds of thousands" of suspicious orders from 2014 to the present, according to the department. If found liable, the company could be forced to pay billions in civil penalties. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and alleges AmericsourceBergen violated the Controlled Substances Act, which requires companies to monitor controlled substance orders for any irregularities that signal they're being diverted for illegal use. The complaint is the latest in a wave of federal and state lawsuits aimed at holding opioid manufacturers accountable. States like...

Articles Arthropod Bites and Stings Joel Herness, Matthew J. Snyder, Raquelle Suzanne Newman Insect and arachnid bites and stings account for up to 1 million emergency department visits annually in the United States. Arthropods' most significant effects on humans are as vectors for infectious diseases, and direct effects of their bites and stings are typically only a... Diverticular Disease: Rapid Evidence Review Justin Bailey, Sheev Dattani, Ann Jennings This rapid evidence review briefly summarizes signs and symptoms of and tests and clinical prediction rules for diag...

Study: Acetaminophen May Not Help Back Pain boonchai wedmakawand - Getty Images New research finds common treatments for low back pain aren't necessarily effective. Those medications include acetaminophen and muscle relaxers. Experts recommend a slew of other treatments to help manage pain. Back pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), but treating it can be tricky. After all, what works for one person may have little effect on someone else. Still, there are mainstays of back pain treatment, including using muscle relaxers, acetaminophen, and, in more severe cases, narcotics. But new research suggests that those methods of treating back pain may not be the best. The meta-analysis, which was published in the BMJ , looked at data from 98 randomized controlled trials of more than 15,000 with back pain who tried 69 different medications or combinations of medications. Those included non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug...

Given common questions of fact and law over the adequacy of the Tylenol pregnancy warnings, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established coordinated pretrial proceedings late last year, centralizing all lawsuits brought throughout the federal court system before U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York, as part of a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL). In January, Judge Cotes ordered plaintiffs to submit proposed language that could have been added to the acetaminophen labels, showing what the drug makers could have done to warn women about the risks of using Tylenol during pregnancy. Plaintiffs responded with a template of a proposed acetaminophen pregnancy  warning earlier this month. Judge Cote issued an Invitation for Statement of Interest (PDF) on April 19, calling for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review the plaintiffs' proposed warning, and provide the views of the U.S. government. The i...

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Troup County Sheriff's Office Arrest Reports for period ending March 30 Published 4:57 pm Thursday, March 30, 2023 Efrain Vargas-Rosales, 26, 1513 LaFayette Pkwy. 313, LaGrange, GA, disorderly conduct (city) Regina Alison Jackson, 58, 1420 Roper Ave., West Point, GA, possession of a drug related object, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, failure to appear (LaGrange) Vardarez Rashad Grier, 32, 200 W. Boyd Rd. 9A, Hogansville, GA, failure to appear (state), failure to appear (LaGrange) Richard Kyle Gilbert, 32, 101 Pebble Dr., LaGrange, GA, probation violation (state), fail to show proof of insurance, driving on suspended/revoked license Milton Guevara, 21, 523 Grey Fox Trail, Stockbridge, GA, failure to appear (state) Corey Antwan Perkins, 27, 1 Sirrine St., LaGrange, GA, failure to appear (...

Levosimendan, an investigational therapy for pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF), was found to improve workings of the kidneys in PH-HFpEF patients with kidney impairment in a Phase 3 clinical trial. Findings from the study, " Differential effects of levosimendan and dobutamine on glomerular filtration rate in patients with heart failure and renal impairment: a randomized double-blind controlled trial, " were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association . The kidneys ability to work well is often impaired in heart failure patients, a comorbidity known as cardiorenal syndrome. This syndrome can affect people with PH-HFpEF, a type of PH related to left heart disease. Inotrope medications, which have the ability to alter the force of muscular contractions, have been used as therapies for heart failure patients with decompensated heart function and compromised blood flow in vital organs, includ...