Archive for January 31, 2019

How drugmakers’ gifts to doctors lead to more opioid overdose deaths – NY Times

How drugmakers’ gifts to doctors lead to more opioid overdose deaths – NY Times

Counties where doctors got more meals, trips and consulting fees from opioid makers had higher overdose deaths involving prescription opioids. A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet of the connection between the marketing of opioids to doctors and the nation’s addiction epidemic. It found that counties where opioid manufacturers offered a large …