Medications
Older adult opioid overdose death rates on the rise
A common stereotype for an "older adult" might include early-bird specials, dentures and tickets to the matinee show.
Jan 11, 2022
0
87
Page 22 - News tagged with opioid drugs
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pregnancy and opioid-use disorder: How to keep pregnant patients and babies healthy
Facing addiction can seem insurmountable—especially when opioids are involved. Doubts of one's ability to stay substance-free; fears around judgment from family, friends, and society; and efforts to manage addiction while ...
Dec 17, 2021
0
3
Psychology & Psychiatry
Treatment for opioid dependence has an important role in suicide prevention
Opioid agonist treatment, commonly methadone or buprenorphine, for people dependent on heroin or other opioid drugs has an important role to play in suicide prevention, according to University of Bristol-led research published ...
Dec 16, 2021
0
10
Addiction
Childhood trauma increases risk of opioid abuse
Young adults who experienced trauma in childhood are more at risk for misusing prescription opioids, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
Dec 9, 2021
0
3
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high
For the past 20 years, I have been engaged in efforts to end the opioid epidemic, as a public health official, researcher and clinician. And for every one of those years I have looked on as the number of deaths from drug ...
Nov 23, 2021
0
0
Medications
Search for safer pain relief advances with new compounds
Scientists at Scripps Research in Florida have created a collection of new pain-relieving compounds, that like morphine and other drugs, provide relief via activation of opioid receptors, but without inducing many dangerous ...
Nov 22, 2021
0
74
Medical research
New compound provides innovative pain relief
Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are closer to developing a safe and effective non-opioid pain reliever after a study showed that a new compound they created reduces the sensation of pain by regulating ...
Nov 10, 2021
0
92
Other
US court overturns historic opioid ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson
The Oklahoma State Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a historic decision to fine US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson $465 million for its role in the opioid crisis.
Nov 10, 2021
0
1
Medications
Survey: Most willing to forgo opioids after surgery if pain can be effectively managed without them
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses, with more than 93,000 deaths in the U.S. For too many, addiction begins in the hospital, where opioids are widely prescribed after surgeries ...
Nov 9, 2021
0
2
Addiction
Treatment programs largely reluctant to allow take-home methadone, survey indicates
A new survey of opioid treatment program leaders reveals that many have resisted easing access to methadone, despite loosening of federal regulations to allow more patients to administer the treatment at home during the COVID-19 ...
Nov 4, 2021
0
0
