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Many patients do not use or discard prescription opioids after ...
More needs to be done to reduce the oversupply of opioids after surgery because prescriptions are often not fully used, and easily diverted for ...
Survey finds that of the 1 in 3 US adults who used a ...
... estimates from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health suggested that 91.8 million (37.8%) adults used prescription opioids, 11.5 million ...
Coprescription of naloxone for acute use in case of overdose ...
... Coprescription of naloxone for acute use in case of overdose may benefit primary care patients taking opioids for chronic pain. ...
CDC issues recommendations for prescribing opioids for ...
Among 12 recommendations was the consideration that clinicians should consider opioids only if expected benefits for both pain and function ...
CDC proposes 12 draft recommendations for prescribing ...
... CDC proposes 12 draft recommendations for prescribing opioids. The agency is accepting public comment until Jan. 13. ...
Combining benzodiazepines and opioids associated with ...
... half of the deaths from drug overdose in a cohort of US veterans occurred among current benzodiazepine users concurrently prescribed opioids. ...
Prescribe opioids, but with caution | ACP Internist
... Prescribe opioids, but with caution. By Ryan DuBosar. ... From 1999 to 2010, sales of opioids quadrupled, Dr. Feely reported. ...
Seeking clarity for opioid prescribing | ACP Internist
... continue to be stymied by the relative lack of evidence regarding long-term effectiveness but strong evidence of potential long-term harm of opioids. ...
Education program for prescribing opioids now available ...
... Med have launched “SAFE Opioid Prescribing,” an online training program to educate clinicians about safety and efficacy when prescribing opioids ...
Higher doses of prescribed opioids associated with increased ...
... Higher doses of prescribed opioids associated with increased overdose risk. AHA sets new criteria and goals for cardio health. ...