New research has explored the link between sleep apnea and depression and suggests that the former may be one reason that depression treatments fail. Around 20–30% of people with depression and other mood disorders do not get the help they need from existing therapies. Depression is the “leading cause of disability worldwide.” For this…
More States Say Doctors Must Offer Overdose Reversal Drug Along With Opioids
In a growing number of states, patients who get opioids for serious pain may leave their doctors’ offices with a second prescription — for naloxone, a drug that can save their lives if they overdose on the powerful painkillers. New state laws and regulations in California, Virginia, Arizona, Ohio, Washington, Vermont and Rhode Island require physicians to “co-prescribe” or…