His family and also looks at recommendation of how the treat it, and also looking at Insurance Fraud schemes with witnesses from the government and the Addiction Treatment centers. I usually dont start these meetings until the Ranking Member comes, but because of the service that we have for congressman cummings plus the fact that we had to change this meeting to adjust to that schedule, i wanted to get going, and it is going to be kind of erratic sort of operation, because i have another meeting that i have to attend to make a quorum down the hall here. So, i am going to start out, and then, i know that you want to introduce one person, and are you under a time constraint . Because if you are, i will give you the courtesy of going ahead. Mr. Chairman, i can wait until the regular. Okay. So i welcome our panelists today to our hearing on the oneyear anniversary of the support act. This landmark statute which many of us had a hand in developing responded to the Opioid Epidemic on multip
Announcer this is on the money, your money, your life, your future. Now, becky quick we begin with the Opioid Crisis in addition to the personal price millions of americans have paid the epidemic had an Economic Impact with an estimated cost of 500 billion in 2015. Heres more on the cover story today. One new tool doctors hope to use in the Opioid Crisis, digital pills which may provide a clearer picture of prescription opioid use. They contain an ingestible Wireless Sensor to notify doctors it has been taken. Doctors in boston ran a small study using the technology and enrolled patients who had broken a bone prescribing seven days of ox codone. They found on average patients took only six. We were able to identify patients dont need as many opioids as doctors think. Thats important. Data shows an initial prescription of opioid the more likely they will use it a year or more later. The digital pill Technology Used in the study made by a Company Called e tech rx but the First Digital pi
/PRNewswire/ A substance use disorder (SUD) is a complex and often stigmatized health condition that affects countless individuals, families and communities..
/PRNewswire/ A substance use disorder (SUD) is a complex and often stigmatized health condition that affects countless individuals, families and communities..