Tag: Opioids
Sackler Family Sweetens Opioid Settlement Offer
Instead of paying out $4.5 billion, the company is now offering $6 billion to settle the slew of lawsuits
U.S. Needs to Expand Naloxone Distribution
Modeling suggests community-based, pharmacy-initiated naloxone distribution more effective at averting opioid overdose deaths
Racial Disparities Seen in Rates for Opioid Overdose Deaths
From 2007 to 2019, opioid-stimulant deaths among Black people increased at more than three times the rate of White people
Multimodal Nonopioid Protocol Eases Pain After ACL Repair
In second small study, authors show similar protocol provides postoperative pain relief for patients following primary rotator cuff repair
CDC Issues Proposed Changes to Opioid Painkiller Guidelines
Proposed changes dovetail with a nationwide epidemic of opioid use and overdose deaths
Various Strategies Used by U.S. Adults to Manage Chronic Pain
54.7 percent used only nonopioid pain management strategies and 4.4 percent used opioids only
Small Risk Found for Some Congenital Anomalies With Opioid Exposure
Risks increased for gastrointestinal anomalies, specific anomalies, including ankyloglossia, with first-trimester exposure
Experts Propose Solutions to the Opioid Crisis in North America
Stanford–Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis formed to address the opioid crisis in the United States and Canada
Opioid Overdose Antidote Urged for Schools After Student’s Fentanyl Death
In response to the incident, Hartford officials pledged to ensure that all city schools are stocked with naloxone
Emergency Department Interventions Cut Opioid Rx Rates
However, no reduction observed in prescribed opioid quantity
