Opioid Resource Center
Conference Coverage
NIH’s HEAL initiative seeks coordinated effort to tackle pain, addiction
MILWAUKEE – The two aims of research under the initiative are to improve treatments for misuse and addiction, and to enhance pain management.
Daily News Podcast
Think outside lower body for pelvic pain
The editor-in-chief of Blood has a few tips on how you can get your work published.
Daily News Podcast
Prenatal valproate and ADHD
The role that mothers play in the link between depression and fathers and daughters.
Audio
ICYMI: EP 01 Lorenzo Norris
A look back at our very first edition.
Daily News Podcast
Opioids don’t top NSAIDs for chronic pain
And canakinumab has a remarkable effect on knee and hip replacement risk.
Daily News Podcast
ABIM sued over maintenance of certification
Do weight loss drugs have a role following bariatric surgery?
Conference Coverage
Opioids appear safe for sickle cell pain
SAN DIEGO – For sickle cell patients, opioid-related mortality is essentially a “never” event.
Latest News
Drug overdose deaths down since late 2017
Longer-term trend, however, shows an increase of 2.7% during the 12 months ending in March 2018, compared with March 2017.
From the Journals
Opioid use cut nearly 50% for urologic oncology surgery patients
Postoperative opioid use dropped after changing default order sets, introducing new patient communication strategies, and educating providers.
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House, Senate agree on broad opioid legislation
Huge bill to address the opioid epidemic contains many provisions that will affect physicians.
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Confirmed: Growth in overdose deaths is exponential
Opioid epidemic appears to be “the most recent manifestation of a more fundamental, longer-term process.”