Posted by Admin | 11:58 AM

Attorney General Jack Conway says he wants  Purdue Pharma to settle for $100 million or more after it missed a deadline to respond to his ar...

Labels: Appalachia, courts, drug abuse, pain management, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs, state governments

Posted by Admin | 1:01 PM

By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Gov. Steve Beshear rushed to transplant Medicaid into a new bed called managed care, hoping the new m...

Labels: doctors, governor, health insurance managed care, legislature; General Assembly, Medicaid, pain, pain management, physicians, politics, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs, state government

Posted by Admin | 1:21 PM

The ongoing national epidemic of addiction to prescription painkillers is spreading more quickly among women, and it is killing more women t...

Labels: Centers for Disease Control, drug abuse, drug treatment, drugs, pain, pain management

Posted by Admin | 4:05 PM

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released regional breakdowns of the Kentucky Health Issues Poll, conducted for it and the Health ...

Labels: Affordable Care Act, air pollution, dental care, dental health, health ins, mental health, oral health, pain management, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, poll, prescription drug abuse

Posted by Admin | 6:52 PM

A pain reliever that has been recalled and declared dangerous by the Federal Drug Administration is still circulating around southern Kentu...

Labels: drug companies, drugs, food and drug administration, pain, pain management

Posted by Admin | 10:38 AM

The state House yesterday approved without dissent two bills aimed at improving Kentucky's health care. House Bill 217 addresses some ...

Labels: doctor shopping, legislation, legislature, managed care, Medicaid, pain management, pill mills, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs, state government; General Assembly

Posted by Admin | 6:18 PM

A University of Kentucky study has found that music therapy can reduce pain before, during and after a surgical procedure, and shorten reco...

Labels: pain, pain management, research, surgery

Posted by Admin | 12:52 PM

There's new criticism from Kentucky's doctors in an analysis of the state's four-month old prescription drug law, showing that a...

Labels: doctors, pain clinics, pain management, physicians, pill mills, prescription drug abuse

Posted by Admin | 1:05 PM

A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers are looking ahead to fixing the much complained about "unintended consequences" of last s...

Labels: pain clinics, pain management, pill mills, prescription drug abuse