Medical Association of the State of Alabama

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  • Special Report: Physician Leadership is Boosting War on Opioids

    Special Report: Physician Leadership is Boosting War on Opioids

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    MONTGOMERY – According to a new report by the American Medical Association, physicians have taken the lead in the nation’s battle on opioids by lowering the number of opioid prescriptions they write, making better use of state prescription drug monitoring programs, becoming better trained and certified in the use of opioid use disorders, and in…

  • Successful Take Back Alabama Week Ends with Opioid Summit

    Successful Take Back Alabama Week Ends with Opioid Summit

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    REVISED APRIL 27, 2018 ─ The Medical Association’s Take Back Alabama Week kicked off this week with a press conference at Walgreens in Birmingham on Monday, April 23. Representatives from AmerisourceBergen, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Pfizer, Prime Therapeutics and Walgreens joined Attorney General Steve Marshall and Birmingham physician Gregory Ayers to announce…