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When a Solution Becomes a Problem: Doctors and Lawmakers on Opiate Painkillers

Today an FDA advisory panel meets with lawmakers to hammer out voluntary best practices for doctors who prescribe opiates. The regulation of opioid drugs like Oxycontin has loosened in recent years, as...

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Fail: Hip Replacements

Barry Meier, reporter for New York Times business, public health and law, discusses his reports on the problems with metal-on-metal hip replacement devices.

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Unapproved Hip Replacement Caused Pain Worldwide

In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration rejected an artificial hip manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. However, the company continued to sell the hip replacement in Europe and marketed a related...

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Food vs. Drug

Barry Meier, reporter for The New York Times covering business, public health and the law, talks about the FDA's investigation into energy drink-related deaths, and how the agency regulates products...

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Please Explain: Pain Medication

This week we're following up on Please Explain: Pain to find out more about pain killers. Barry Meier, New York Times reporter and author of A World of Hurt: Fixing Pain Medicine’s Biggest Mistake,...

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What Happened to an FBI Agent Who Vanished in Iran

New York Times investigative reporter Barry Meier unravels the story of former FBI agent turned private investigator Robert Levinson who disappeared in Iran while on a mission for the CIA in 2007 in...

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The Lie That Opioids Aren't Addictive

In the 1980s and 90s, the fear of narcotics was so pervasive that even cancer patients who were dying struggled to get adequate treatment for their pain. And when pharmaceutical companies started...

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OxyContin Makers Settle Opioid Lawsuit

Barry Meier, former New York Times reporter and the author of PAIN KILLER: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic (Random House; 2 edition, 2018), talks about the news that...

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The Opioid Narratives

Purdue Pharma has settled a lawsuit with the state of Oklahoma for $270 million, a larger figure than two other cases the company has settled with other states. In doing so, the company also avoided a...

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