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Low-dose ketamine controls pain from severe chest injury, while sparing opioid consumption
SAN DIEGO – The drug may have a benefit among patients whose Injury Severity Score was greater than 15.
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Signs point to growing abuse of gabapentinoids in the U.S.
LAS VEGAS – Several states have made gabapentin a Schedule V controlled substance while others have mandatory reporting of its dispensing and...
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Confirmed: Growth in overdose deaths is exponential
Opioid epidemic appears to be “the most recent manifestation of a more fundamental, longer-term process.”
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FDA issues new REMS for immediate-release opioids
For the first time, training will be made available to health care providers, nurses, and pharmacists involved in pain management.
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More than half of urine drug screens showed improper medication use
LAS VEGAS – One sample in every five showed a combination of opioids and benzodiazepines, at least one of which was an unprescribed medication.
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New stroke intervention guidelines stress volume
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Policy responses to opioid epidemic may have benefits, harms
Drug rescheduling was associated with a 45.6% increase in heroin-related deaths over 5 years in the model.
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Nonpharmacologic strategies for acute pain
Are nonpharmacologic pain interventions effective at reducing pain in adult patients visiting the emergency department?
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Declining lung function linked to heart failure, stroke
Cardiologists and pulmonologists should collaborate to better identify the relationship between lung function decline and early CV disease...
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CDC: 2017 worst year yet for drug overdoses
Deaths tied to synthetic opioids climbed faster than any other drug class.