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Moms’ cooing swapped with morphine for newborns in withdrawal
The usual course of treatment is no longer extended therapy with opioid replacements. Instead, mothers are encouraged to stay overnight and are...
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Opioid use in the elderly a dementia risk factor?
Exposure to these drugs may be another modifiable risk factor for dementia.
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Study: No more autopilot opioids after cesarean delivery
Sending patients home with smaller prescriptions led to dramatic drops in use of the drugs.
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Adolescent overdose deaths nearly doubled in 2020 and spiked again in 2021
Illicit drug use hasn’t changed much among adolescents in the last decade, but the drugs, particularly fentanyl, have become more dangerous,...
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Postpartum HCV treatment rare in infected mothers with opioid use disorder
While HCV screening and diagnosis rates varied across states, postpartum follow-up rates were universally low.
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ADHD link to prenatal opioid exposure shifts with other substances
Children’s risk profile for ADHD shifted based on which substances and substance combinations they were exposed to during pregnancy.
Opinion
Filling opioid prescriptions akin to a Sisyphean task
“Instead of preserving access to desperately needed pain medicine for those suffering with serious illness, states and insurers have aggressively...
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Study questions reliability of maternal drug testing
“Cannabis and methadone were the significant factors leading to discordance with positive newborn meconium, which may reflect prior use earlier in...
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Opioid exposure in early pregnancy linked to congenital anomalies
While the absolute risk of congenital anomalies was low, these findings add to an increasing body of evidence suggesting that prenatal exposure to...
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Two emerging drugs exacerbating opioid crisis
On their own, para-fluorofentanyl and metonitazene can kill the user through respiratory depression, said Dr. Jordan Trecki.
From the Journals
Buprenorphine may curb opioid-induced respiratory depression
“I think this is an approach that works, and this study makes that clear,” said Dr. Geert Jan Groeneveld.