Category: opiods

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES – Two linked studies led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers have found strong associations between drug misuse generally and opioid misuse specifically among unemployed Americans….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New analysis finds more than half of U.S. adolescents and young adults with sarcoma—a type of cancer in the bones or soft tissues—are often prescribed opioids to treat their pain.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 18, 2022 – With opioid-overdose deaths reaching an all-time high during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new app developed at UVA Health is helping people struggling with opioids get the care they need.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Mailed opioid disposal kits led to 60 percent of patients who had leftover opioid pain pills properly disposing of them after surgeries

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For years, women recovering from cesarean section (C-section)  deliveries have been given devices that let them, with a button, control the flow of opioid painkillers into their IV line.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The COVID-19 pandemic has spiked the overdose death rate from opioid use. For people who rely on medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and extended-release naltrexone)….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LEXINGTON, Ky. — University of Kentucky experts on the front lines of the nation’s opioid and addiction crises will share their work in the field of opioid use disorder research….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Frank Williams was raised in the church playing the keyboard, but by the age of 13, he was introduced to illegal substances and began selling marijuana by his freshman year of high school.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – April 11, 2022 – Current evidence supports the effectiveness of interventions to reduce prescribing of opioid pain medications after urologic surgery…

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Receiving psychosocial and behavioral therapy alongside medications for opioid use disorder leads to better treatment engagement and continuity, according to Rutgers researchers.

HealthNewsDigest.com) – Despite strong evidence that medication is the most effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), adolescents and most adults who might benefit from OUD treatment report no medication use

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A study from the University at Albany School of Public Health found that school-based health center providers lack the training and confidence to successfully deliver opioid misuse interventions.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New research from scientists suggests opioid use before pregnancy—even if not used during pregnancy itself—could result in a higher likelihood that a mother’s male offspring will develop type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – While Covid has ruled the headlines for two years running, a different epidemic is claiming the lives of more than 100,000 Americans every year.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Neighborhoods with more opioid overdoses have higher rates of child welfare investigations and confirmed cases of child maltreatment, a new study in Ohio finds.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHICAGO — Many patients who undergo heart surgery may be able to safely and effectively control postoperative pain without opioids after hospital discharge

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA— A program designed to increase initiation of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in the emergency department led to a sixfold increase in its use at three Penn Medicine hospitals

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Young adults who experienced trauma in childhood are more at risk for misusing prescription opioids, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA – The majority of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) face access barriers to evidence-based treatment.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In “An Institutional Approach to Managing the Opioid Crisis,” the authors describe the elements of Mayo Clinic’s Opioid Stewardship Program.