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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration says it is ending a pre-authorization requirement for Medicaid recipients to receive coverage for medication…
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Methamphetamines have faded into the background as the opioid epidemic has taken hold of the country with deadly tenacity.However, in the last couple of…
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Emergency medical workers in Westmoreland County will soon begin leaving naloxone and addiction treatment information with overdose survivors who refuse…
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Philadelphia wants to become the first U.S. city to allow supervised drug injection sites as a way to combat the opioid epidemic, officials announced…
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There's evidence to suggest that cocaine is more addictive for adolescents than adults. Scientists believe that at least part of this has to do with…
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Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit against drug companies that make prescription opioids, saying they've created "an unprecedented public health crisis."It…
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"Welcome back."It was the first thing Sgt. Giovanni Trello heard when he woke up in the back of an ambulance headed to the hospital.He felt groggy and…
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A new combined 27-bed addiction rehabilitation-detox facility will soon open at UPMC McKeesport.UPMC said the unit, with 18 beds for detox and 9 for…
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*UPDATED: Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 at 4:35 p.m. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has declared Pennsylvania's opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency…
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The pain clinic tucked into the corner of a low-slung suburban strip mall was an open secret.Patients would travel hundreds of miles to see Dr. Andrzej…