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Recent Reduction Seen in Opioid Prescribing by Surgeons
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 – Opioid prescribing by surgeons decreased between 2013 and 2017, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Apostolos ...
Marijuana Has No Role in Taking Up or Quitting Opioids: Study
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 – There’s no link at all between weed use and a person’s use of illicit opioids, one way or the other, a new review concludes. Cannabis isn’t a gateway drug that can spark a pe...
Cannabis Does Not Impact Nonmedical Opioid Use in Opioid Use Disorder
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 – For patients receiving pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorder (OUD), cannabis use is not associated with nonmedical opioid use, according to a systematic review and...
Latest Data Show 22 U.S. Teens Die of Overdoses Each Week
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 – An average of 22 U.S. teens die each week from drug overdoses, a death toll driven by the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, a new study reports. Researchers also have...
Addiction Treatment for Teens in Crisis Is Often Hard to Find
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 – A 'secret shopper' study finds that for many American families, accessing inpatient treatment for a teen battling addiction can be next to impossible. “If you are a family in ...
Access to Residential Addiction Treatment Centers for Teens Limited
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 – For adolescents, access to U.S. residential addiction treatment centers is limited and costly, according to a study published in the January issue of Health Affairs. Caroline...
Personalized Protocol Cuts Opioid Prescribing After C-Section
TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 – A personalized protocol for opioid prescriptions after cesarean delivery reduces the median morphine milligram equivalents prescribed at discharge, according to a study...
2016 to 2020 Saw Rise in Against-Medical-Advice Discharges for Opioid Admissions
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 – Before-medically-advised (BMA) discharges increased to one in six patients from 2016 to 2020 for admissions with opioid use disorder (OUD) and an injection-related...
FDA Approves DNA Cheek Swab Test to ID Patients at High Risk for Opioid Addiction
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind test – the AvertD test – that uses DNA swabbed from a patient's cheek to determine if they have a...
FDA Approves First Test to Spot Folks at High Risk of Opioid Use Disorder
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – A newly approved test can determine whether a person has a genetically driven risk of becoming addicted to opioids. The AvertD test, the first of its kind, uses a DNA...
Opioid Agonist Therapy Use in Hospital Increased to 5.6 Percent in 2020
MONDAY, Dec. 18, 2023 – Among hospital encounters for opioid toxicity, opioid agonist therapy (OAT) initiation increased from 2013 to 2020, reaching 5.6 percent, according to a study published...
Patient Factors ID'd That Predict Low or No Postoperative Opioid Use
MONDAY, Dec. 18, 2023 – Younger age, being opioid-naïve, and a lower discharge pain score are associated with low or no postoperative opioid use, according to a study published online in the ...
Increase in U.S. Pediatric Suicides Driven by Opioid Crisis
TUESDAY, Dec. 12, 2023 – There has been a rise in child suicides in the United States since 2010, which was fueled by the nation’s opioid crisis, according to a study published online Nov. 27 i...
Drug Abuse Is Fueling Surge in Heart Infections Among Young Americans
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 – While rates of a deadly heart infection are dropping generally across the United States, a new report finds one exception: Young adults. In that group, rates of infective...
You're Far Less Likely to Get an Opioid Now After Surgery
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 – In response to the ongoing crisis of opioid misuse, U.S. doctors had already cut the amount of opioids they gave patients after surgery by 2022 to just a third of the amount...
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