If you are at risk for overdose or use needles to shoot up drugs, come see Brandi and she’ll take care of you – no frills, no questions, no judgment. On a cold November morning in 2015, Brandi Tanner and her husband stopped to pick up their 10-year-old niece from her grandmother’s house. “Grandma’s sleeping… Continue reading Pawn Stars: The Opioid Edition
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Are Opioid Prescription Regulations Actually Working?
New studies explored whether medical professionals are adhering to stricter opioid prescribing rules and regulations. While rules and regulations are often made in the interest of public safety, that doesn’t mean they are always followed hard and fast. Such is the case with certain rules regarding opioid prescriptions, according to the Boston Globe. The paper… Continue reading Are Opioid Prescription Regulations Actually Working?
Trump To Jeff Sessions: Sue Drug Companies For Opioid Crisis Role
The Attorney General said he would take action on Trump’s requests. President Donald Trump has instructed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to file a federal lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies in Mexico and China, claiming that they have played a role in the US opioid epidemic. Last week, according to the New York Post, the president threw… Continue reading Trump To Jeff Sessions: Sue Drug Companies For Opioid Crisis Role
DEA Wants More Medical Marijuana, Fewer Opioids To Be Produced In 2019
The new quotas are in line with the federal government’s goal of cutting opioid prescriptions by one-third in three years. When setting quotas for marijuana and opioid production for 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) did the unexpected. The DEA is raising the quota of cannabis that can be grown in the United States from… Continue reading DEA Wants More Medical Marijuana, Fewer Opioids To Be Produced In 2019
Suboxone: A Tool for Recovery
With medication-assisted treatment (MAT), people with opioid addictions are given the chance to rebuild their lives—often from the ashes and debris of drug-induced destruction—without having to fight cravings and withdrawal. Suboxone is a prescription medication that treats opioid addiction. It contains buprenorphine and naloxone, active ingredients that are used to curb cravings and block the… Continue reading Suboxone: A Tool for Recovery
More ERs Are Providing Withdrawal Meds As First Step To Recovery
Patients in need are receiving buprenorphine to address their withdrawal symptoms. Kicking an opioid habit comes with a host of physical withdrawal symptoms so severe that people often end up in the emergency room. There, they are usually treated for diarrhea or vomiting, but not the underlying issue. Now, however, more emergency rooms around the… Continue reading More ERs Are Providing Withdrawal Meds As First Step To Recovery
Are Construction Workers Hit Hardest By Opioid Addiction?
A new survey examined the occupations of those who died from opioid-related causes. It’s been considered a problem for years, and a new study in Massachusetts has proven that the construction industry is the worst affected from opioid-related overdose deaths. Architecture and engineering are the only careers with higher death rates among women than men.… Continue reading Are Construction Workers Hit Hardest By Opioid Addiction?
Could Informing Doctors Of Patients' Opioid Deaths Curb Prescribing?
How are doctors’ prescribing behavior affected when they’re notified of their own patients’ opioid-related deaths? Some California doctors have recently received letters that changed how they prescribed opioids, according to new research. The letters informed doctors of the deaths of patients to whom they had prescribed opioids, according to the Washington Post. Such letters were… Continue reading Could Informing Doctors Of Patients' Opioid Deaths Curb Prescribing?
Fentanyl, Other Synthetic Drugs Drive National Overdose Rates Up
Nearly 30,000 Americans died from overdoses stemming from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in 2017. Driven in large part by widespread opioid use, the number of drug overdoses nationwide shot up nearly 10% last year, according to preliminary federal figures. The U.S. clocked more than 72,000 drug fatalities in 2017, the Centers for Disease Control… Continue reading Fentanyl, Other Synthetic Drugs Drive National Overdose Rates Up
Experts Develop Post-Surgery Opioid Guidelines To Curb Overprescribing
“Our feeling is we shouldn’t just be using draconian, one-size-fits all prescribing,” said one expert from Johns Hopkins. Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore have developed opioid prescribing guidelines that are specific to 20 common surgeries, in an effort to reduce overprescribing. “This work reflects that surgeons want to be a part of the… Continue reading Experts Develop Post-Surgery Opioid Guidelines To Curb Overprescribing