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Pear claims breakthrough tag for alcohol use disorder DTx

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Digital health company Pear Therapeutics has won FDA breakthrough device status for reSET-A, its development-stage prescription digital therapeutic (DTx) for people with alcohol-use disorder. The post Pear claims breakthrough tag for alcohol use disorder DTx appeared first on. Photo by thom masat on Unsplash.

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Hydrocodone acetaminophen alternatives: What can I take instead of hydrocodone acetaminophen?

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Lortab ( hydrocodone-acetaminophen ) is a type of opioid medication. Opioids should not be used as first-line therapy for short-term or chronic pain —with the exception being in end-of-life or palliative care, during active cancer treatment, and with sickle cell disease.

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Tramadol (Ultram) alternatives: What can I take instead of tramadol?

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Still, widespread and uncontrolled prescribing in the 1990s triggered the first wave of an epidemic in the misuse and overdoses of specific types of analgesic medications known as opioids. Between 1999-2020, more than 564,000 people died from an overdose involving any opioid medication, including both prescription and illicit opioids.