Spotlight on Naloxone Co-Prescribing
The Incidental Economist,
This is a guest post by Adm. Brett Giroir, Jessica White, Teresa Manocchio, Sean Klein, Zeid El-Kilani. Adm. Brett Giroir is…
This is a guest post by Adm. Brett Giroir, Jessica White, Teresa Manocchio, Sean Klein, Zeid El-Kilani. Adm. Brett Giroir is…
In the wake of the opioid epidemic, benzodiazepines have been called “our other prescription drug problem” and “the next U.S.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires each State Medicaid Program to submit to CMS an annual report on…
About four years ago, Dr. Stefan Kertesz started hearing that patients who had been taking opioid painkillers for years were…
Hardly a day goes by when the discussion of opioids and their misuse is not on the front page of local or national newspapers.
A study examined 26,000 patients experiencing chronic pain, and found that opioids were only marginally better than placebos at…
The study examined more than 26,000 people experiencing chronic pain.Opioids were only marginally better than placebos at…
Eric Sun, MD, PhD, is realistic about opioids and pain. He knows that the nation yearns for a solution to the national crisis…
This week we introduce the next of our three new columnists who will be writing our weekly research…
There's a growing consensus among pain specialists that lifestyle changes can be more effective than drugs in managing chronic…
Jacob Sullum for Reason.com, on how the opioid crisis is not only killing addicts but also “leaving pain patients in agony”: …
A new study finds patients who take opioids did no better than those taking opioid alternatives; Roger Chou, M.D., says, “The…
How can it be that medical error is the third-leading cause of death in the U.S.? And what’s to be done? (Photo: jasleen_kaur/fli…
Solving the unrelenting opioid crisis has become a pressing national priority. As evidence, the President’s Commission on…
Researchers say increase is seen across all social groups, ages and sexes and highlight link between misuse of prescription…
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently launched a call for the use of behavioral treatments for managing chronic pain…
"I have not met a single primary care provider who has decided to start opioids for a patient. Rather, we are dealing with the 'i…
Even more pharmacies in Ohio are allowing the public to get anti-overdose drugs without a prescription
Saturday’s Medicine X session on the opioid crisis focused on how best to manage the chronic pain felt by millions of Americans…
As many of you are aware, the APTA launched its #ChoosePT campaign a few months ago to help combat the opioid epidemic we are…
As part of our mission to improve New Jersey’s health care delivery systems and reduce the costs of care for its underserved…
Near the end of my tenure as editor-in-chief of AJN, the American Journal of Nursing in 2009, I asked one of the coordinators…
A fentanyl overdose led to the recent death of musician and singer Prince, according to the medical examiner’s report released…
The opioid (painkiller) epidemic, with its seemingly indiscriminate reach, has embraced an alarming number of Americans. In the…
Unrelieved pain contributes more to human suffering than any other disease.
Bedford's is one of 67 VA Pain Schools across the country. Through the schools, the VA is trying to shift the way patients…
Robert, a veteran who injured his back several times during a dozen years in the Navy, stopped using opioids to treat his pain…
Earlier this year the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) responded to the growing opioid addiction epidemic in the U.S. by…
The CDC issued new 2016 guidelines this week for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain for patients 18 and older. Here…
The rate of opioid hospitalizations and overdose deaths has only gotten worse in the past few years, new research finds.
It's a misleading argument from some of the law's fiercest opponents. The post Republicans’ Cynical Move To Blame Obamacare For…
Over the past few months, the federal government has mobilized against what is being called “the opioid crisis“: a national…
Opioids, also known as opiates, serve as important prescription medications in medical practice. But within the last decade or…
The media is full of stories about the current opioid crisis. But unlike many national crises, such as the Flint lead-contaminate…
Over the past few months, the federal government has mobilized against what is being called "the opioid crisis": a national…
by Tom QuinnIn case you didn’t notice, the US Centers for Disease Control published their long-awaited (dreaded?) “CDC…
Most people know that heroin is a dangerous drug, but its cousins, the legal, pharmaceutical opioids, such as codeine or…
From the headlines, prescription painkillers sound pretty scary. Some of the people who take them switch to heroin, and some…
As doctors contemplate a future without opiates to treat chronic pain, some are making the case that eliminating their patients…