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Prescription databases can help combat drug abuse when doctors are required by law to check them before writing opioid prescriptions

Doctors Urged to Check Patient Drug History Before Opioid Rx

Opioid abuse down when physicians are legally obligated to check patient's drug history
Patients taking opioids before total knee arthroplasty may have greater pain after the procedure

Opioid Use Before TKA May Lead to Worse Pain After Surgery

Researchers suggest limiting opioid prescriptions might optimize benefits of TKA
Polyneuropathy is associated with increased likelihood of receiving long-term opioids

Patients With Polyneuropathy More Often Receive Opioids

No functional status markers improve with long-term opioid use, but adverse outcomes more common
More than a quarter of Americans -- and one in three millennials -- say they know someone addicted to opioids

APA: Americans Believe Tx Not Punishment Best for Opioid Crisis

Poll finds 58 percent for prioritizing access to treatment; 26 percent for more punishment
There is substantial variation in prescribing patterns of opioid medications for minor injuries across U.S. emergency rooms

Substantial Variation in Opioid Rx for Minor Injuries Across U.S.

Laws limiting new opioid prescriptions to no more than a five-day supply could be beneficial
Sublingual buprenorphine is associated with shorter duration of treatment than oral morphine for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome

PAS: Buprenorphine Beneficial in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Sublingual buprenorphine linked to shorter duration of treatment, length of hospital stay
For patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion surgery

Intraoperative Methadone Cuts Post-Op Opioid Use in Spine Sx

Median hydromorphone use was reduced in methadone group on postoperative days 1, 2, 3
Physicians should take three essential steps to reduce the amount of unwanted

AMA Urges Doctors to Talk About Safe Opioid Storage, Disposal

Experts recommend three steps to reduce non-medical uses of the drugs
The prescription drug abuse epidemic in the United States might be associated with a higher mortality rate than has been reported previously

CDC: Opioid-Related Mortality Rate Might Be Underestimated

Death certificates from drug-linked infections may not label opioids as possible cause
A lawsuit has been filed by an Indian nation against six of the top drug distributors and pharmacies in the United States for harm done by prescription pain medications.

Cherokee Nation Sues Retailers, Distributors Over Opioid Crisis

Suit alleges companies violated sovereign Cherokee laws by failing to prevent black market sales