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The AHA has issued a Presidential Advisory Statement outlining considerations for addressing the effects of opioids on cardiovascular and neurovascular health.
Pain Management Information Center
The FDA commissioned the report to provide an update on current evidence on research, care, and education in the pain field, and to identify actionable measures for the FDA to more adequately address the ongoing opioid epidemic.
Pain Information Center
Advanced practice providers were found to prescribe more opioids and in larger quantities compared with other physicians.
Drug Update
DisposeRx is a free method to safely and responsibly dispose of prescription opioids.
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A state-sponsored program focusing on opioid overdose education and nasal naloxone distribution effectively reduced opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts.
Pain Management Information Center
The drug combination significantly contributes to the overall population risk of opioid overdose.
Pain Information Center
Based on data from multiple sources, many opioid-overdose deaths seem to be suicides
Pain Information Center
In adults with sickle cell disease, higher daily opioid use may be associated with poorer health-related quality of life.
AANP 2013
NPs must be prepared to protect their patients from opioid risks, as well as themselves from potential litigation.
Pain Information Center
The use of high doses of opioids — particularly long-acting opioids — during surgery may increase the risk for 30-day readmission.
