The End of PDMP Information Overload: Welcome to Targeted Intelligence
PDMP News is transitioning from aggregated healthcare news to curated, actionable content...
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A Kratom-Derived Opioid, a Mislabeled Package, and a Blind Spot for PDMPs
A San Francisco death linked to MGM-15, found in a product sold as “cat’s claw,” shows how a fast-changing, mislabeled opioid market sits entirely outside prescription monitoring.
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DOJ’s Los Angeles Takedown Puts Data Analytics and Addiction-Treatment Integrity in Focus
The Justice Department’s October 22 announcement pairs what DOJ calls its largest sober-home fraud case with cases flagged by billing analytics, a combination that speaks directly to how treatment integrity is policed.
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Medetomidine Withdrawal: Two New Studies Sharpen a Growing Clinical Concern
As the veterinary sedative medetomidine displaces xylazine in Philadelphia and parts of the Northeast and Midwest, a single case report and a transport study add detail to a withdrawal syndrome that can require intensive care.
Read MoreDEA Revokes Pennsylvania Psychiatrist’s Registration, With the State PDMP on Both Sides of the Case
On October 19, 2026, the Drug Enforcement Administration published a Decision and Order revoking the DEA registration of Muhamad Aly Rifai, M.D., a psychiatrist registered in Easton, Pennsylvania (91 FR 66156, FR Doc....
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PDMP Mandates Trimmed Buprenorphine Shipments to Pharmacies, but Mandates Plus EHR Integration Lifted Methadone Supply
University of Iowa researchers looked at 13 years of state PDMP policy and found that mandatory...
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After Victoria Mandated Its PDMP, Only Half of Surveyed Pharmacists Said They Checked It Every Time
A Monash University survey of community pharmacists in Victoria, Australia, found that the share...
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Nearly a Third of Telemedicine Buprenorphine Patients Went Without Medication Because of Pharmacy Barriers
A survey of 601 adults treated for opioid use disorder by telemedicine in five states found that...
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CDC: Stimulants Were Involved in 59% of U.S. Overdose Deaths From 2021 to Mid-2024, Mostly Alongside Opioids
A CDC analysis of more than 309,000 overdose deaths found that stimulants, mainly methamphetamine...
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People Treated With Addiction Medication in Massachusetts Jails Had Lower Overdose Death Risk After Release
People with opioid use disorder who received medication while held in seven Massachusetts county...
Read More DEA Resets Its Kratom-Derivative Scheduling Plan Around a New HHS Threshold
DEA has withdrawn its July plan for 7-hydroxymitragynine and now intends to temporarily place both...
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