Search results for "Opioids"
Learn the latest on excessive alcohol use, opioid use disorder
This month's issue addresses alcohol use and misuse, prescribing buprenorphine, and improving health care's response to future pandemics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/03/learn-the-latest-on-excessive-alcohol-use-opioid-use-disorder.htm
1 Mar 2023
Could drone deliveries help reverse opioid overdoses?
An epiphany led a medical student to consider whether drones could deliver naloxone to the scene of an overdose so a bystander could deliver the drug, even before emergency crews arrive.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/could-drone-deliveries-help-reverse-opioid-overdoses.htm
1 Sep 2020
Prescribe opioids, but with caution
Use of opioids for chronic pain quadrupled in a 10-year span, despite scant evidence that they are effective for noncancer pain and ample evidence of harm. Learn more about how to prescribe them safely.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/07/opioids.htm
1 Jul 2015
States step in on opioid prescribing
This issue covers such topics as legislative issues regarding prescribing, potential overdoses by patients taking narcotics, and a new way to look at overall health.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2016
‘Gold standard’ underused for substance misuse
While effective medications to treat opioid addiction are available in primary care, few physicians prescribe buprenorphine or naltrexone, and few would obtain the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) waiver to prescribe buprenorphine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/11/gold-standard-underused-for-substance-misuse.htm
1 Nov 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Increased frequency of long-term headaches
This week's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate next step in treatment for a 48-year-old man with a 25-year history of headaches that have become increasingly frequent.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/04/18/3.htm
18 Apr 2023
Linking inpatient and outpatient buprenorphine treatment reduced opioid abuse
A program that started hospitalized, opioid-dependent patients on buprenorphine and linked them to outpatient care effectively reduced their opioid use, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/08/5.htm
8 Jul 2014
Free resources available to ACP members for prescribing opioid medications
The National Institute on Drug Abuse offers free educational programs and resources on the prescribing of opioid medications for health care professionals.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/25/10.htm
25 Oct 2011
CDC issues recommendations for prescribing opioids for chronic pain
Among 12 recommendations was the consideration that clinicians should consider opioids only if expected benefits for both pain and function outweigh risks to the patient.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/22/1.htm
22 Mar 2016
Pearls aid treatment of opioid dependence
Agonist treatments over “cold-turkey,” foiling abuse of oral medications and “the eyes have it” for inpatient diagnoses. Pearls lay out the best ways to manage opioid-dependent patients in many settings.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/opioid.htm
1 Jun 2010