Tag: Opioids
Misuse of Rx Opioids Linked to Other High-Risk Behaviors
Prescribed opioid misuse strongly tied to other drug use disorders, illegal activity, psychological distress
Parents Conflicted About Opioid Use in Children
Most parents know about alternatives to opioids, but just over a third ask about them
ERAS Protocol Can Cut Opioid Use After Spine Surgery
Decline seen in postoperative opioid requirements after elective spinal, peripheral nerve surgery
Hepatitis C Infection Rates Up After OxyContin Reformulation
222 percent increase in HCV infection rates seen after reformulation in states with above-median misuse
Long-Term Opioid Use With OA Varies Across States
Variance not fully explained by differences in access to health care providers or patient characteristics
After Elbow Surgery, Children May Be Overprescribed Opioids
Patients who had supracondylar humerus fracture sx used less than 25 percent of prescribed drugs
Direct-to-Doctor Payments May Increase Opioid Prescribing
Prescribers receiving opioid-specific payments prescribed 8,784 more opioid daily doses per year
Infective Endocarditis Related to Injection Drug Use Rising
Rise in admissions for infective endocarditis tied to injection drugs paralleled rise in hydromorphone rx
Marketing of Opioids Linked to Increased OD Mortality
Mortality from opioid overdoses up with increase in marketing value/capita, payments to doctors
Benzodiazepine, Opioid Co-Usage Up in the United States
Increases also noted in co-use of nonselective and selective benzodiazepine receptor modulators
