Medical Association of the State of Alabama

Category: Smart and Safe

  • 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…

  • Opioid Prescribing Still High and Varies Widely Throughout U.S.

    Opioid Prescribing Still High and Varies Widely Throughout U.S.

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    Opioid prescribing in the United States peaked in 2010 and then decreased each year through 2015, but remains at high levels and varies from county to county in the U.S., according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Six times more opioids per resident were dispensed in 2015 in…