Opioid Resource Center
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Sprain an ankle, get an opioid
And beware a nasty skin souvenir from travel abroad.
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Antibody cleared amyloid plaques, slowed cognitive decline
And claims that cannabis relieves noncancer pain go up in smoke.
News from the FDA/CDC
Fentanyl analogs nearly double their overdose death toll
From 2016 to 2017, carfentanil-related deaths were up 98%.
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Addiction: Veterans with pain, opioid use disorder
Many veterans with comorbid pain and opioid use disorder are not receiving medication-assisted treatment.
Conference Coverage
Do free meals to physicians affect opioid prescribing?
SAN DIEGO – Physicians who received 1 free meal made about 150 opioid claims; those who received more than 10 made more than 700 claims.
From the Journals
NIH launches HEAL Initiative to combat opioid crisis
HEAL will expand Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (ACT NOW), a pilot study that will assess the prevalence of...
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ASH urges lawmakers to keep opioids accessible
The new policy statement seeks to balance addiction risks with the unique needs of hematology patients.
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AMA: Opioid prescriptions down since 2013
Number of providers registered for prescription drug monitoring programs has tripled since 2014.
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MDedge Daily News: How to handle opioid constipation
And there may be a new option for postpartum depression.
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CMS to enlist Medicare Part D plans to combat opioid abuse
Officials would like to extend the use the criteria for overutilizers to identify at-risk beneficiaries, then allow insurers to limit their access...
From the Journals
New persistent opioid use common after cancer surgery
One year after surgery, patients who developed new persistent opioid use were still filling prescriptions at high daily opioid doses, equivalent...