Search results for "Opioids"
Opioids
Patients may be at greater risk of death from overdose or suicide after stopping opioid treatment, with a higher risk among those treated with opioids for a longer duration, a study ... A key take-home message is that addressing the opioid crisis
March 2020
New grass allergy treatment, opioid overdose solution
A hand-held auto-injector of naloxone (Evzio) for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose. ... The use of the device in patients who are opioid-dependent may result in severe opioid withdrawal.
June 2014
Opioids
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/21/2.htm. Fewer than a quarter of surveyed primary care physicians expressed interest in treating patients with opioid use disorder, and only ... One-third of primary care physicians did not perceive
April 2020
New labeling on long-acting opioids, fluoroquinolones
The updated indication states that ER/LA opioids are indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative ... A new boxed warning will caution that chronic maternal
November 2013
Opioids
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. ... 5 at 12 p.m. ET. Experts in opioid management and weaning will discuss
August 2018
Get hip to hip pain assessment
Oral NSAIDs are recommended over acetaminophen, tramadol, nontramadol opioids, and duloxetine.
July 2022
Medical education
ACP has launched its first interactive multimedia module on “Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.”. ... The credit may apply to opioid education requirements set by their state or local institution.
May 2018
Physician education
Another webinar, “Managing Patients Not Benefiting From (or Being Harmed by) Opioids,” will be held on Sept. ... 5 at 12 p.m. ET. Experts in opioid management and weaning will discuss how to assess patients on opioids for lack of benefit and
August 2018
Medical schools respond to the opioid epidemic
Sales of prescription opioids and deaths from prescription opioid overdoses have nearly quadrupled in the United States since 1999, according to the CDC. ... A new tool to assess and document pain outcomes in chronic pain patients receiving opioid therapy
January 2017
Opioids
ACP is one of the many organizations supporting the AMA Opioid Task Force. ... ACP had input into the document's development. ACP called for the expansion of access to naloxone for opioid users, law enforcement, and emergency medical personnel in a
September 2017