{"id":8808,"date":"2017-12-02T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8808"},"modified":"2017-12-01T10:55:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:55:50","slug":"fda-approves-indiviors-monthly-injection-to-treat-opioid-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8808","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves Indivior\u2019s monthly injection to treat opioid addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Max Blau for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">A new form of a widely used opioid addiction treatment that is injected monthly instead of taken daily as a tablet was approved Thursday\u00a0by the Food and Drug Administration. Experts say the eagerly anticipated new version of the drug may help patients reduce relapses, disrupt the treatment market, and possibly dispel misconceptions about the drug\u2019s potential for abuse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/11\/30\/fda-indivior-opioid-treatment\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cRBNr_RBx4J-LEq2LPRlpZ5lM7xBRRCBHix2kFTy4TBLTiwhgVNPrFAYwjiS8UTSWGs7AM8T-hhBEtZp4sp6kBpaxpg&amp;_hsmi=58989451\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Max Blau for STAT) A new form of a widely used opioid addiction treatment that is injected monthly instead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fda","category-legal-actionscourt-decisions","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8809,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions\/8809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}