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What are alternatives to opioids? What is Narcan? What is naloxone? What is the opioid crisis?

What are alternatives to opioids? What is Narcan? What is naloxone? What is the opioid crisis?

SALT LAKE CITY — A proposed prohibition on doctors from performing gender reassignment treatments on minors stalled in a House committee on Friday after an emotional debate between doctors and LGBTQ advocates. Under HB92, physicians and surgeons would be restricted from performing gender reassignment treatment on minors, including internal surgeries and facial feminization or masculinization surgeries. The bill would also prevent doctors from prescribing hormone therapy for minors who are con...

While in most cases doctors can only prescribe up to a seven-day supply of opiates if it’s the patient’s first prescription, there’s an exemption in Utah law that allows for a 30-day supply after surgeries. HB15 would remove that exemption and only allow doctors to subscribe a larger supply in complicated cases.

SALT LAKE CITY — After a recent tragedy, a Utah legislator and doctor is proposing a bill to limit the supply of opioids a doctor can prescribe to a patient after surgery. Recently, Rep. Ray Ward, R-Bountiful, who works as a doctor, was on call for his practice when a police officer asked if he would be able to sign a death certificate for a woman on his on-call list that night. The womans daughter had been in the room with her early in the evening, and she was slightly groggy and sleeping, W...