Ky. leads nation in opioid-addiction diagnoses for privately insured people, and in the rate of doctors prescribing medication for it

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky doctors diagnosed more cases of opioid addiction for privately insured people than in any o...

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Suboxone, a drug used to treat addiction, is increasingly being misused to feed it, Courier-Journal investigation finds

At the end of her story, Laura Ungar describes the 27 cases of doctors who have been disciplined for mishandling Suboxone. A drug used to tr...

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McConnell asks Ohio and Pa. senators to craft compromise on Medicaid, a key to addiction treatment in their states and Ky.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Photo by Andrew Harrer, Bloomberg ) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has asked fel...

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Ky. is a national leader in hepatitis C, but many counties at risk shun syringe exchanges that could prevent disease outbreaks

"Growing intravenous drug use by people sharing syringes to inject heroin and other substances" has helped make Kentucky a nationa...

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After their child died from a drug overdose, a Kentucky family joined those who are choosing to tell the truth about addiction

By Traci Thomas Kentucky Health News The obituary for Katherine Bryant Reynolds, published in the April 5  Lexington Herald-Leader , was eng...

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Louisville's Our Lady of Peace opens first retail pharmacist-operated, long-acting injection clinic; will mostly treat opioid abuse

                               Insider Louisville photo Kentucky is again leading the nation in finding ways to combat the opioid epidemic, ...

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Kentucky lawmakers have passed several health-related bills to deal with the opioid epidemic, and could pass several more

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The 2017 General Assembly has passed several bills meant to put more "tools in...

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