Tag: opioids

Officials from Nassau and Suffolk counties joined together in a news conference on Tuesday to announce yet another settlement in the ongoing litigation with pharmaceutical companies over their roles in the opioid crisis on Long Island.

Pharmacy operators Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, CVS Health Corp, Rite Aid Corp, and Walmart Inc have agreed to pay a combined $26 million to settle claims by Nassau and Suffolk counties that they fueled an opioid addiction epidemic.

A Merrick nurse was arrested and arraigned on Tuesday for allegedly stealing more than 1,000 vials of fentanyl and midazolam last year from her now-former place of employment at North Shore University Hospital, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.

The program, which many medical professionals describe as having the greatest impact on addiction, is based on 12 simple steps that anyone can practice at meetings with the help of others like them.

Dr. Simon Zysman of Employee Assistance Resources Services, Inc. has more successful outcomes than other rehabs statewide, data shows. He details his method in his new book, Successful Heroin and Opioid Addition Treatment.

Researchers found that people recovering from illicit drug abuse are twice as likely to be successful if they don’t smoke cigarettes.