Addiction Medicine Archives - Page 7 of 14

News
COVID-19 prompts ‘lifesaving’ policy change for opioid addiction
March 20, 2020
Patients in some opioid treatment programs will be allowed to take home their medication.
News
Critical care admissions up for pediatric opioid poisonings
February 19, 2020
ORLANDO – Attempted suicide has represented an increasingly large proportion of these severe poisonings.
News
CDC: Opioid prescribing and use rates down since 2010
January 31, 2020
Encouragement from analysis involving 11 states is offset by increase in opioid-attributable deaths.
News
IBD: Inpatient opioids linked with outpatient use
January 26, 2020
Alternative analgesics should be considered for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
News
EVALI update warns of chemicals in vaping products
January 24, 2020
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 82% of EVALI patients reported using a vaping product containing THC.
News
FDA advisers set high bar for new opioids
January 21, 2020
Two days of FDA discussion over three new opioids seeking U.S. approval highlighted the barriers these drugs now face.
News
Vaping-linked lung injury: 2,172 cases, 42 deaths
November 14, 2019
Forty-two deaths from EVALI have been confirmed in 24 states and the District of Columbia.
News
Fentanyl-related deaths show strong regional pattern
November 12, 2019
Overdose death rates for cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl are high in the East and low in the West.
News
Opioids, benzodiazepines carry greater risk of COPD-related hospitalization
October 25, 2019
The risk of hospitalization because of respiratory events for patients with COPD was especially high when opioid and benzodiazepine medications were combined.
News
CDC reports most vaping lung disease linked to THC-containing cartridges
September 27, 2019
Most vaping cartridges were obtained on the street, from dealers, online, or from friends or social contacts.