FDA Considers Mail-Back Envelope as New Disposal Method for Opioids
The Agency is currently seeking public comment on this potential modification to the existing Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy.
The Agency is currently seeking public comment on this potential modification to the existing Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy.
A roundup on legislative and organizational initiatives to stem the rising rates of opioid overdose deaths.
From 2007 to 2019, opioid-stimulant deaths among Black people increased at more than 3 times the rate of White people.
Proposed changes dovetail with a nationwide epidemic of opioid use and overdose deaths.
Multimodal nonopioid regimen of NSAIDs and muscle relaxants provides similar or better pain control than opioids in ACL and rotator cuff surgeries.
The COVID-19 pandemic and opioid crisis created new barriers to HCV treatment, leading to the lowest annual treatment rate in 5 years.
Researchers compared opioid-sparing effects between intravenous acetaminophen and oral acetaminophen in pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.
Jim Anderson, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, is an addiction medicine expert who works at Evergreen Treatment Services Opioid Treatment Program in Seattle.
Barriers to medications for opioid use disorder in teens and young adults include Black race, Hispanic and Latino ethnicity, living in the South, and involvement in the criminal justice system.
A roundup on legislative and organizational initiatives to stem the rising rates of drug overdose deaths.