Examining Trends in Opioid-Related Hospitalizations in Patients With Cancer
Opioid-related hospitalizations among patients with cancer appear to be rare but are increasing...
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Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Addressing Barriers
More than 2 million Americans are estimated to have opioid use disorder (OUD), placing them at a...
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Overview of a Discussion on Chronic Pain With Patients
According to the CDC, over 50 million Americans are currently living with some type of chronic...
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Founder, execs of drug company guilty in conspiracy that fed opioid crisis
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc on Thursday became...
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McKesson to pay $37 million to resolve West Virginia opioid lawsuit
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Drug distributor McKesson Corp has agreed to pay $37 million to...
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Nonpharmacologic Tx Enhances Care of Opioid-Exposed Newborns
Reduction seen in length of hospital stay and in use of medication to treat neonatal abstinence
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FDA approves Teva’s generic nasal spray to treat opioid overdose
(Reuters) – Generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd on Friday received approval...
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U.S. launches four-state study to find ways to reduce opioid overdose deaths
By Manas Mishra and Tamara Mathias (Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Thursday said they...
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Curbing Long-term Opioid Use: The Case for Early Physical Therapy
Early physical therapy (PT) may help reduce the risk of long-term opioid use by serving as an...
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Dozens of doctors in Appalachia charged in opioid fraud bust
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Dozens of medical professionals in Appalachia, a region...
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Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Should Be Addressed
Report IDs barriers such as separation of OUD treatment delivery settings from rest of medical care
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CDC Clarifies Guideline on Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain
Clarification pertains to opioid prescribing for cancer patients, cancer survivors, sickle cell disease
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Indivior shares plummet, Reckitt hurt on U.S. charges over opioid prescriptions
(This April 10 story refiles to fix scrambled syntax in paragraph five) By Justin George Varghese...
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FDA: Patients Should Not Abruptly Stop Taking a Prescribed Opioid
Agency warns that rapid discontinuation can result in uncontrolled pain or withdrawal symptoms
Read MoreOpioid addiction diagnosis and treatment climbs with Medicaid expansion
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – More low-income people addicted to opioids are getting diagnosed and treated with effective medication as a result of the Affordable Care Act, a new study suggests Under the ACA, also...
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Conference Highlights: CROI 2019
New research was presented at CROI 2019, the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic...
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Conference Highlights: AAAAI 2019
By Chris Cole Managing Editor New research was presented at AAAAI 2019, the American...
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Opioid Weaning in PICU
Evidence indicates that opioid infusions are commonly used to manage patients admitted to the...
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An Opioid Therapy Compliance Checklist
The steady increase in use of prescription opioids in the United States over the past decade has...
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Progressive Opioid Use: Who’s At Risk?
Throughout the United States, greater attention is being paid to accidental overdoses from the...
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