Posing as shoppers, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi called nearly 600 pharmacies across the state and asked a simple, yes-or-no question, "Do you have naloxone that I can pick up today?"
Dec 12, 2023
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A recent study reveals significant insights into the challenges that can occur for hepatitis C virus (HCV) micro-elimination efforts in people with HIV (PWH). Due to the opioid epidemic, the prevalence of co-infection with ...
Nov 30, 2023
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A new landscape map and analysis created by the University of Michigan show demographic information with a connection to opioid use disorder, examining data such as unemployment rates, annual income, opioid-related hospitalizations, ...
Nov 10, 2023
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The Netflix series "Painkiller" recently depicted how the over-prescribing of the medicine OxyContin wreaked havoc on American society.
Oct 17, 2023
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In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller.
Sep 5, 2023
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In the two decades since the opioid epidemic took off, the addiction crisis has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Jul 24, 2023
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It's a new year, and once again, the opioid epidemic continues to hold a tight grasp on millions of Americans. At the end of last year, the United States reached a major milestone of over one million overdose deaths since ...
Mar 30, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the opioid epidemic, according to our new research, which finds that opioid overdoses increased in Pennsylvania in 2020 compared with 2018 and 2019.
Mar 22, 2023
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For men undergoing surgery to repair scarring in the urethra (urethroplasty), a new approach to pain management can reduce the need for strong opioid drugs without compromising pain control, reports a study in Urology Practice.
Feb 21, 2023
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The use of cannabis may have a negative impact on outcomes for a common bypass surgery, a study suggests.
Nov 16, 2022
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