Category: opiods

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – About 12 percent of patients who receive implantable cardiac devices such as a pacemaker or defibrillator and fill an opioid prescription after surgery will consistently use the pain medication in the months afterward….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Even as the opioid epidemic dominated national attention over the past decade, the rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine, methamphetamine and other stimulants tripled

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In 2019, nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid overdoses, bringing the total of number of deaths from the opioid crisis to half a million over the past 10 years

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a report today showing a 44.4 percent decrease in opioid prescribing nationwide in the past decade. At the same time, the country is facing a worsening drug-related overdose and death epidemic.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Even with COVID-19 dominating the news, the epidemic of opioid use remains a nationwide threat.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – About 90% of Americans who need treatment for a substance use disorder don’t get it.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SAN DIEGO, Calif. (August 31, 2021)—While pain control is an important component of orthopaedic surgery postoperative care, the practice of overprescribing opioid medications has become….

(HealtNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Children and young adults who have pain from surgery, dental care and other conditions are often prescribed opioids.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Children and young adults who have pain from surgery, dental care and other conditions are often prescribed opioids.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Legally prescribed pain relievers like hydrocodone (Vicodin) and oxycodone (Percocet) may seem nothing like heroin.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS, August 19, 2021 — The misuse of opioids in the United States continues to lead to high rates of dependency as well as a staggering number of deaths due to overdose.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers are developing a new artificial intelligence tool that will help clinicians identify patients at high risk for opioid use disorder and overdose.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The opioid crisis — now one of the leading causes of maternal mortality — continues to rage in Tennessee.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn. — Emergency department visit rates because of an opioid overdose increased by 28.5% across the U.S. in 2020, compared to 2018 and 2019

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn. — Emergency department visit rates because of an opioid overdose increased by 28.5% across the U.S. in 2020, compared to 2018 and 2019, recent Mayo Clinic research finds.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Members of a coalition of 50+ leading public health groups who issued a set of five guiding principles for spending opioid settlement funds in January are reacting to the announcement of the $26 billion settlement

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Baltimore, MD, July 6, 2021 — Tens of thousands of American lives end prematurely every year due to opioid overdoses, leaving families shattered.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – After a 2020 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study showed women have a difficult time accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), investigators analyzed comments received from the study’s participants….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Opioids are powerful painkillers. Despite the risks associated with opioid use — including high rates of abuse, addiction and accidental overdose — they may still be the best option in certain situations, such as for acute, short-term pain.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Millions of times a day, patients across America get prescriptions for medicines to treat their diabetes, asthma, pain, depression, infections and many more conditions.