Tag: Opioids
Drivers’ Opioid Use Associated With Fatal Car Crashes
Drivers testing positive for prescription opioids more than twice as likely to initiate fatal two-vehicle crash
Rate of Opioid Rx Stable After Pediatric Outpatient Surgery
However, maximum available take-home dose steadily declined from 2013 to 2017
Converting Naloxone to OTC Expected to Increase Sales
Demand for naloxone is inelastic, with 1 percent increase in price resulting in 0.27 percent drop in sales
Opioid-Related Mortality Up From 1999 to 2016 in Eastern U.S.
Opioid-related mortality rates, especially from synthetic opioids, increased rapidly in eastern states
Nonmedical Rx Opioid Use in Teens Linked to Parental Use
Unique associations with adolescent NMPO use seen for parental lifetime smoking, parent-teen conflict
Since Early 2000s, Overdose Death Rates Are Highest in U.S.
U.S. was not an outlier in terms of drug overdose mortality prior to the early 2000s
Discharge Opioid Rx for Heart Dz Patients May Impact Follow-Up
Findings seen in patients with admitting diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, decompensated heart failure
ASA: Opioid Epidemic Tied to Infection-Related Stroke
Number of hospitalizations steady in 1993 to 2008, but increased significantly in 2008 to 2015
Racial/Ethnic, Income Variation ID’d in the Opioid Epidemic
Study, two research letters describe opioid prescribing trends and interactions with race, age
Certain Opioids Less Effective With SSRI Antidepressants
Surgical patients on SSRIs + prodrug opioids had higher postsurgical pain 8 weeks postdischarge
