/news/tags/painkillers painkillers en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:13:20 GMT /news/community/2019-06-03/morning-headlines-biden-says-lgbtq-rights-is-top-priority-cleveland-to-regulate-electric-scooters Here are your morning headlines for Monday, June 3:Biden says LGBTQ rights is top priority;Cleveland to regulate electric scooters;Ohio's Third Frontier… Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:13:20 GMT /news/community/2019-06-03/morning-headlines-biden-says-lgbtq-rights-is-top-priority-cleveland-to-regulate-electric-scooters Amanda Rabinowitz /news/health-science/2019-02-22/ohio-workers-comp-will-no-longer-pay-for-oxycontin Starting on July 1, the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation will no longer pay for a powerful painkiller that’s at the center of the opioid crisis in the… Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:27:36 GMT /news/health-science/2019-02-22/ohio-workers-comp-will-no-longer-pay-for-oxycontin Jo Ingles /news/community/2019-02-04/morning-headlines-stow-considers-raising-age-to-buy-tobacco-barberton-jail-to-close Here are your morning headlines for Monday, Feb. 4: Stow considers raising tobacco buying age to 21;Barberton jail to close amid budget cuts;Akron… Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:36:59 GMT /news/community/2019-02-04/morning-headlines-stow-considers-raising-age-to-buy-tobacco-barberton-jail-to-close Amanda Rabinowitz /news/community/2018-06-11/morning-headlines-cleveland-to-issue-recycling-fines-cleveland-natives-dominate-tony-awards Here are your morning headlines for Monday, June 11:Cleveland to issue recycling fines;Cleveland natives dominate 72nd annual Tony Awards;Painesville… Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:19:57 GMT /news/community/2018-06-11/morning-headlines-cleveland-to-issue-recycling-fines-cleveland-natives-dominate-tony-awards Amanda Rabinowitz /news/health-science/2018-05-02/ibuprofen-may-be-more-effective-at-treating-acute-dental-pain-than-opioids Correction: This story has been updated to clarify that the study refers to addressing acute dental pain.A new study reveals that over-the-counter… Thu, 03 May 2018 01:36:04 GMT /news/health-science/2018-05-02/ibuprofen-may-be-more-effective-at-treating-acute-dental-pain-than-opioids /news/government-politics/2017-10-30/ohio-attorney-general-dewine-says-hes-pressuring-drug-companies-to-clean-up-the-opioid-crisis Ohio’s attorney general says the state needs to be doing more to fight the opioid crisis, which last year killed an average of 11 Ohioans a day. He says… Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:30:58 GMT /news/government-politics/2017-10-30/ohio-attorney-general-dewine-says-hes-pressuring-drug-companies-to-clean-up-the-opioid-crisis Karen Kasler /news/government-politics/2017-10-25/summit-county-declares-an-opioid-state-of-emergency-prepares-to-sue-drug-companies-and-distributors Summit County is preparing to sue the companies that make and distribute addictive painkillers. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze has more on the lawsuit the county… Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:56:02 GMT /news/government-politics/2017-10-25/summit-county-declares-an-opioid-state-of-emergency-prepares-to-sue-drug-companies-and-distributors M.L. Schultze /news/government-politics/2017-10-22/kasich-says-ohio-is-considering-adding-opioid-distributors-to-the-lawsuit-against-drug-makers A report from 60 Minutes and the Washington Post last week suggested Ohio-based Cardinal Health and other opioid painkiller distributors persuaded… Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:33:15 GMT /news/government-politics/2017-10-22/kasich-says-ohio-is-considering-adding-opioid-distributors-to-the-lawsuit-against-drug-makers Karen Kasler /news/health-science/2017-07-13/panel-recommends-the-fda-reconsider-its-approach-in-approving-monitoring-opioid-painkillers A major new study on the opioid epidemic that has swept through Ohio and much of the rest of the country says the painkillers that triggered the crisis… Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:04:52 GMT /news/health-science/2017-07-13/panel-recommends-the-fda-reconsider-its-approach-in-approving-monitoring-opioid-painkillers M.L. Schultze /news/government-politics/2017-03-30/ohio-moves-to-limit-most-opioid-prescriptions-to-seven-days-five-for-children Gov. John Kasich is implementing rule changes limiting how medical professionals can prescribe opioids. This plan comes just one day after majority… Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:49 GMT /news/government-politics/2017-03-30/ohio-moves-to-limit-most-opioid-prescriptions-to-seven-days-five-for-children Jo Ingles