Less is More When it Comes to Prescription Opioids for Hospital Patients, Study Finds
Source: Yale School of Medicine In a pilot study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, Yale researchers significantly reduced doses of opioid painkillers given to hospital patients. By delivering the opioids with a shot under the [...]
Inpatient Opioid Use and Insufficient Weaning Pre-Discharge May Increase Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions
Source: American Thoracic Society According to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists who conducted the study, theirs is the first large-scale evaluation of the impact of in-hospital opioid prescribing on post-discharge opioid use.Full [...]
Structure of the µ-Opioid Receptor-Gi Protein Complex
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Study with Implications for Opioid Crisis Finds Opioids Raise Risk of Fracture Nonunion
Source: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Dr. Robert Zura, Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of a research team reporting that not only may [...]
Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions for Children and Opioid-Related Adverse Events
Source: Pediatrics Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Little is known about opioid prescribing for children without severe conditions. We studied the prevalence of and indications for outpatient opioid prescriptions and the incidence of opioid-related adverse events [...]
Number of Opioid Prescriptions Remains Unchanged, Mayo Clinic Research Finds
Source: Mayo Clinic Despite increased attention to opioid abuse, prescriptions have remained relatively unchanged for many U.S. patients, research led by Mayo Clinic and published in The BMJ.Full story.
Opioid Prescribing Decreases after Learning of a Patient’s Fatal Overdose
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Study Finds Racial Disparities in Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Source: Yale News Yale researchers have identified racial disparities in the treatment of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain. Black patients who receive opioids long-term are more likely than whites to be tested [...]
Poorest Americans Most Likely to Have Used Prescription Opioids — and Most Users View Opioids Positively
Source: University at Buffalo University at Buffalo study raises important questions about access to pain management options for the disadvantaged in the current climate of the opioid epidemic.Full story.