Opioid Addiction

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Decrease in All-Cause Mortality With Opioid Antagonist Treatment

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

Investigators conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the impact of opioid antagonist treatment on mortality.

Reducing Opioid Misuse After Surgery

By

Jeanelle Jacobs

The ASA suggests presurgical strategies to avoid postsurgical opioid reliance.

DEA Warns of Fentanyl in Counterfeit Opioid Pills

People buying pills that look like prescription opioid painkillers or stimulants who are not buying them from a licensed pharmacy may be buying a lethal drug.

Animal Tranquilizer Xylazine Driving Rise in Fatal Drug Overdose

An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States.

Traumatic Brain Injury Tied to Later Opioid Use, Misuse

Individuals with a history of traumatic brain injury have an increased risk for prescription opioid use and misuse.

Opioid Overdose Death Rates Worsening for Non-Hispanic Blacks

Disparities in opioid overdose deaths are worsening by race/ethnicity.

Is Dose Tapering Linked to Mental Health Crises in Setting of Long-Term, High-Dose Opioid Therapy?

By

Lauren Biscaldi

Opioid dose tapering may be linked to increased risk for overdose and mental health crises in patients taking long-term, high-dose opioids.

Slight Decline Seen in Opioid Prescription Rates

By

Heather R. Johnson

Investigators assessed the impact of physician clinical knowledge on opioid prescribing habits following the shift in guideline recommendations away from opioid prescribing.

Black Patients Receive Lower Doses of Opioids Than White Patients

Within individual health systems, Black and White patients receive markedly different opioid doses.

FDA: Mandatory Opioid Prescriber Education to Be Discussed at Upcoming Workshop

By

Brian Park, PharmD

Overall opioid overdoses and opioid-involved deaths continue to increase.