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GRANITE CITY — A bill in Congress aims to bring more medical professionals to downstate Illinois and other rural and underserved areas across the…
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U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is calling for Congress to do more to curb sharp increases in prescription drug prices. The Missouri Democrat on Monday…
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Low-income Missouri seniors likely will pay more for their medications, after Gov. Eric Greitens signs the state budget.The Missouri Rx Plan covered half…
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Gov. Jay Nixon has signed into law legislation to expand access to medication to combat some drug overdoses. Naloxone hydrochloride, also known by the…
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A showdown is looming in the Missouri statehouse over an effort to make Missouri the final state in the nation to gain a prescription drug monitoring…
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Prescriptions for opioids like hydrocodone and Vicodin that have been dispensed have quadrupled since 1999. Because these drugs are highly addictive, 49…
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Don’t look now, but St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger and company may be trailblazers – at least when it comes to setting up a prescription drug…
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With a statewide prescription drug monitoring program likely to run into intractable legislative opposition, the St. Louis County Council decided not to…
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Heroin antidote, drug registry get some support, but legislative passage remains elusive in MissouriLegislation that would expand access to Narcan, a medicine that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is being weighed by a Missouri Senate…
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Updated 5:17 p.m., Dec. 18 -- Dueling versions of legislation would each create a prescription drug monitoring program in Missouri, the only state that…