How to Avoid Opioid Addiction After Surgery
If you prescribe opioids to your patients, be sure to help them avoid addiction.
Addiction
Stigma Among Individuals Seeking Treatment for Opioid Abuse
Self-stigma and perceived stigma were shown to be highest among people with opioid use disorders who have previously entered detoxification programs or who have recently injected drugs.
Easier Access to Naloxone in Louisiana, Utah
Standing orders for naloxone allow it to be dispensed to laypeople without a patient-specific prescription.
Identifying Patients With Higher Methadone Dose Requirements
Polymorphism at the level of drug receptors, transporters, or other proteins involved in drug metabolism or action may have an impact on the effect of a drug.
Understanding the Biology of Addiction to Optimize Treatments
Dr Koob and colleagues hope that the comprehensive measures presented by the ANA will allow for future understanding of addiction origins at a biological level.
In Search of New Opioid Analgesics
Researchers discovered novel opioid analgesics, displaying reduced respiratory depression.
Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Dependence: the Betty Ford Model
The COR-12 treatment program includes group therapy and lectures that focus on opioid addiction, as well as 2 extended medication assistance options.
Precision Medicine for Chronic Pain
An emerging clinical strategy for personalized pain management.
Effectiveness of Subdermal Buprenorphine Implants in Maintaining Opioid Abstinence
Buprenorphine implants could help improve relapse prevention in patients who are currently maintaining abstinence with sublingual buprenorphine
FDA Reconsidering Opioid Prescribing Training
This week, an FDA committee of outside experts will meet to review risk-management plans in an effort to reduce opioids misuse.
