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Guidance limited for treating acute pain

Prescribing a short-term opioid to patients who haven't recently or ever taken a controlled substance might boost their vulnerability to later addiction.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/guidance-limited-for-treating-acute-pain.htm
1 Feb 2018

ACP offers new Practice Advisor module, webinars on use of opioids for chronic pain

The module, Opioid Risk Management, helps assess a practice's ability to successfully develop a treatment plan for chronic pain and track and monitor use of opioids if prescribed.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/14/6.htm
14 Aug 2018

Internal Medicine Meeting 2017 offers new, rapid-fire session

At Internal Medicine Meeting 2017, expect to hear recent research findings, clinical pearls and pitfalls, and maybe the sound of a gong.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/02/preview.htm
1 Feb 2017

Lack of coordination between health care systems associated with fatal opioid overdoses

Veterans who received opioid prescriptions from both inside and outside the Veterans Affairs health system had two to three times the risk for fatal overdose versus those who received prescriptions from only one source.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/12/1.htm
12 Mar 2019

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

Influence, interactions, and ethical dilemmas

Advances in technology, genetics, and evolving financial reimbursement models continue to create new ethical conundrums or add layers or twists to age-old debates.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/05/influence-interactions-and-ethical-dilemmas.htm
1 May 2019

1 in 12 physicians received opioid-related compensation from pharmaceutical manufacturers

Because even small payments such as meals are associated with increased prescribing of marketed products, an examination of industry influences on prescribing amid an ongoing opioid crisis is warranted, the authors wrote.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/15/4.htm
15 Aug 2017

MKSAP Quiz: 10-year history of chronic pain

A 51-year-old woman is referred for evaluation. She has a 10-year history of chronic pain that she describes as head-to-toe aching, twisting, and sometimes burning that involves several large muscle groups. The pain is constant, and she rates the severity as a 6 on a 10-point scale. Following a physical exam, what is the most appropriate next step in treatment?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/21/4.htm
21 Jul 2020

Medical schools respond to the opioid epidemic

Until very recently, medical schools offered little or no training in addiction medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/01/opioids-medical-education.htm
1 Jan 2017

Evidence lacking on efficacy of prescription drug monitoring programs

Features of prescription drug monitoring programs associated with reductions in overdoses included mandatory review of data by clinicians before writing prescriptions, frequent (at least weekly) updates of data, clinician authorization to access data, and monitoring of nonscheduled drugs.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/08/1.htm
8 May 2018

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