Tag: Opioids
Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts Common Among Patients Starting Buprenorphine
Integrated behavioral health services may help address patient needs with opioid use disorder, the authors say
Deaths Due to Opioid Toxicity Up in U.S. During COVID-19
Years of life lost due to opioid toxicity plateaued between 2017 and 2019, then increased through 2021
Opioid-Related Adverse Event Risk Increased With Modified-Release Opioids
Findings seen in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty receiving opioids in the acute postoperative period
Opioids Not Beneficial for Pain Relief in Acute Low Back, Neck Pain
No significant difference seen in pain score at six weeks with opioids versus placebo, but increase seen in opioid-related adverse events
Report IDs Characteristics of Adult ED Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose
Most patients with emergency department visit for nonfatal opioid overdose were men; most frequent drugs reported were fentanyl and heroin
FDA Approves Extended-Release Injection for Opioid Use Disorder
Extended-release injection available in lower doses to be administered in health care settings by health care providers
Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Dispensed More After Medicare Policy Change
Methadone dispensing up after 2020 without displacing use of buprenorphine
Transition to Long-Term Opioid Use High in Patients With Rheumatic Disease
Of those initiating opioids for the first time, patients with fibromyalgia made up the highest proportion of long-term opioid users
Racial, Ethnic Differences ID’d in Receipt of Meds to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
More White than Black and Hispanic patients receive buprenorphine, naloxone, benzodiazepines in 180 days after index event
Vibrating Crib Mattress Beneficial for Newborns With Prenatal Opioid Exposure
Newborns with prenatal opioid exposure assigned to vibrating mattress had fewer days of treatment, received less morphine
