by Anuradha Rao-Patel | Feb 8, 2019 | Industry Perspectives, Opioid Resources |
The opioid epidemic gripping North Carolina is not only affecting adults or users of street drugs or illegal narcotics. Prescription opioid medications are responsible for more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.[1] In 2017 alone, more than five North Carolinians...
by Anuradha Rao-Patel | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized |
The opioid epidemic continues to touch every corner of our state, but Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is making progress in solving the problem. In the past year, we have… Began limiting first-time prescriptions of short-acting opioids to...
by Anuradha Rao-Patel | Sep 21, 2018 | Industry Perspectives |
“We are often loathe to give liberal amounts of narcotics because the drug addiction itself may become a hideous spectacle.” Those words were written by Warren Cole, MD, FACS, in 1956 for a book describing cancer pain treatment in the mid-20th century. In Dr. Cole’s...
by Anuradha Rao-Patel | Aug 16, 2018 | Industry Perspectives |
Over the past year, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has tried to foster a conversation with consumers about the opioid epidemic. In fact, we’ve just launched a new website that collects a range of opioid-related resources to carry that...
by Anuradha Rao-Patel | Jul 12, 2018 | Health of America Report, Opioid Resources |
The opioid problem won’t be solved overnight. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make significant progress in the short term here in North Carolina. A research report called “The Opioid Epidemic in America: An Update” from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association...
