In a review of half a dozen published studies in which patients self-reported use of opioids prescribed to them after surgery, researchers at Johns Hopkins report that a substantial majority of patients used only some or ...
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The expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with individuals staying in treatment longer and reducing their risk of medically treated overdose, according to a new study.
Aug 31, 2022
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Deaths from opioid overdose are at an all-time high across the United States, and Birmingham has been hit particularly hard. In the past four years, heroin overdose deaths in Jefferson County and surrounding areas rose from ...
Jul 27, 2015
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Prescribing smaller quantities of opioid medication appears to be as effective in controlling postoperative pain after knee surgery as higher quantities and may help to limit the number of opioids prescribed and possible ...
Jul 14, 2022
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There's a simple way to reduce the opioid epidemic gripping the country, according to new Cornell research: Make doctors check their patients' previous prescriptions.
Apr 27, 2017
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Today, more Americans die from overdoses than car accidents. Understanding how to treat individuals with opioid addiction will be crucial to stemming the unprecedented number of drug-related deaths.
Nov 19, 2019
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While some feared that New Yorkers would refill prescriptions to stockpile opioid medications in the early weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown, similar to the way people hoarded toilet paper, in fact, New York State opioid prescriptions ...
Nov 28, 2022
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The Obama administration turned a bright spotlight on prescription painkiller abuse in April when the Office of National Drug Control Policy released a national action plan and a statement from Vice President Joe Biden. With ...
Jul 1, 2011
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Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are helping to identify those most at risk in Ohio of overdosing on opiates.
Mar 19, 2020
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Prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence carries high costs for American society, with an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion, according to a study in the October issue of Medical Care.
Sep 14, 2016
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