Poor sleep and addiction go hand in hand − understanding how could lead to new treatments for opioid use disorder
For patients with psychiatric conditions from addiction to mood disorders such as depression, disrupted sleep can often ...
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Preoperative opioid use may be linked with inferior outcomes after rotator cuff repair
According to published results, patients with a history of preoperative opioid use had inferior outcomes for pain and ...
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A new, non-opioid pain drug is here. Getting it to patients could be agony.
After decades of research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals now has an approved pain medication. Can one of the world’s most powerful ...
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Opioid Prescribing in EDs Entails Low Risk for Harm
When prescribing opioids for acute pain, physicians should be attentive to a patient’s individual risk factors, according to ...
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
After nearly a decade of annual upticks in overdose deaths, the city saw a drop in 2023, the latest data available. Something ...
Opioid prescriptions in the ED linked to small increases in future opioid use, hospitalizations
Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department (ED) were associated with small increases in later opioid prescriptions and ...
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After 70 years of service, the need for LICADD continues to grow amid local opioid crisis
LICADD has been addressing substance use for nearly 70 years, but that fight is not stopping, nor is it's intensity lessening ...
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Opioid Rx in the ED Slightly Raises Risk for Future Opioid Use, Hospitalization
Emergency department opioid prescriptions are associated with small increases in hospital admission and subsequent opioid ...
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Child welfare agencies are buckling under staffing shortages as Pa. debates using opioid money to help
Ed Mahon reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2024 Data Fellowship and received engagement mentoring and funding. Spotlight PA is ...
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Use of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults Shows Disparities
Despite an increase in the use of medication for opioid use disorder in older adults from 2017 to 2022, disparities persist; ...
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Emergency department opioid prescriptions linked to future use and hospitalisations
New research links emergency department opioid prescriptions to small increases in future opioid use and hospitalisations ...