Easier access to opioid painkillers may reduce opioid-related deaths
Increasing access to prescription opioid painkillers may reduce opioid overdose deaths in the United States, according to a new Rutgers study.
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Increasing access to prescription opioid painkillers may reduce opioid overdose deaths in the United States, according to a new Rutgers study.
Jun 27, 2023
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New research reveals that only one in four adolescent residential treatment centers across the United States provides a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, despite an ever-rising number of overdose deaths among ...
Jun 13, 2023
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For decades, efforts by police to seize illicit drugs have been a cornerstone strategy for disrupting drug markets and removing drugs from communities. But there's an unintended outcome when opioids are seized, a new study ...
Jun 8, 2023
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States that want to increase access to buprenorphine, a lifesaving medication used to treat opioid use disorder, should consider efforts to enhance professional education and clinician knowledge, according to a new RAND Corporation ...
May 26, 2023
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California has allocated more than $1 billion in recent years to combat its opioid crisis. Much of the money has been used to distribute fentanyl test strips and the overdose reversal drug naloxone, as well as deliver medical ...
May 25, 2023
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The use of methadone among Medicare beneficiaries to treat opioid use disorder increased sharply after the program began covering the drug, with evidence suggesting the change created new treatment rather than displacing ...
May 20, 2023
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It's important to ask questions when your doctor or dentist writes you a new prescription.
May 15, 2023
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In a recently published commentary, UK HealthCare physicians call for standard-of-care treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) among patients who are incarcerated.
May 12, 2023
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday issued a six-month extension for people seeking to fill controlled medication prescriptions via telehealth.
May 10, 2023
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Researchers have found the "Eat, Sleep, Console" (ESC) care approach to be more effective than using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) to assess and manage opioid-exposed newborns, according to a national, ...
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