Tag: Opioids

Opiate prescriptions predicted by primary care physician specialty and patient age, gender, race

About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls

In interaction analyses, opioid misuse linked to increased odds of having suicide plan, suicide attempt for those with disabilities

Number of active buprenorphine episodes comparable to expected number, with fewer initiations and fewer ending of episodes

Tapering cuts risk for overdose among those with opioid use disorder

Reduction seen in rate of one or more opioid days and in the rate of one or more pain-related hospital events

However, opioids and NSAIDs carry similar cardiovascular, mortality risks for RA patients

Walmart joins pharmacy chains Walgreen Co. and CVS Health in offering to settle the cases

Benefits and risk of all treatment options should be considered in the context of patient circumstances

Most of the money will go toward programs that expand treatment for addiction, provide overdose antidotes, support prevention efforts