ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri is collecting and investigating opioid prescription data through a statewide drug monitoring program to identify doctors and clinics that overprescribe painkillers. Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order in July to create the program targeting what he called “pill mills.” The state began collecting opioid prescription information last month, the…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis County Police Department will participate in the annual National Take Back Drug Initiative on Saturday. There will be 12 locations where you can drop off unused, unwanted, or found prescription drugs.The time for the event is scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The locations are listed below:…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of Mylan will face lawmakers’ questions at a hearing next week on steep price hikes for the company’s life-saving EpiPen injector device. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch and officials from the Food and Drug Administration will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Republican chairman of the committee…
The agency is opening the door to further medical research of the drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — New government numbers show that a financial safeguard for Medicare beneficiaries has become a way for pharmaceuticals to get billions of dollars for pricey medications at taxpayer expense. The cost of Medicare’s “catastrophic” prescription coverage jumped by 85 percent in three years, from $27.7 billion in 2013 to $51.3 billion in 2015.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers took steps this year to address the growing number of drug overdoses, but health care advocates say more work remains. The Legislature has voted to make it easier to get medicine that counteracts opiate overdoses. But lawmakers did not advance proposals to grant legal protections for people calling…
(KTRS) – St. Louis County officials are introducing their own legislation to create a program that would monitor prescription opioids that can lead to a heroin addiction. County Executive Steve Stenger held a press conference Tuesday said the state has failed to create a tracking program, so the county has plan sto do it on…
Deaths from old-age ailments sometimes get more attention in longevity research, but the researchers say deaths from these three causes tend to happen at younger ages and contribute to many decades of life lost
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) – Police say a traffic stop last year in St. Louis County ended in an unexpected admission. The incident occurred in July of 2014. Police pulled over James Redmond for having improper license plates. The officer said as he approached the car, he could smell marijuana. Redmond admitted to smoking marijuana…
