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'Drug Take Back Day' is Saturday: Check for Leftover Opioids in Your Home
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 – Each year, thousands of Americans head home after a surgery clutching prescription opioids to help ease post-surgical pain. Trouble is, most won't use all those pills, and...
Prescription Opioids Linked to Increased Risk for Serious Fall Events
TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 2024 – For adults of all ages, especially those aged 85 years or older, prescription opioids are associated with an increased risk for serious fall events, according to a study...
Mom's Opioid Use in Pregnancy Raises Child's Asthma, Eczema Risk
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 – Fetal exposure to opioids may change a baby's immune system, triggering a rise in risks for eczema and asthma through early childhood, new research shows. Children born to...
Recent Reduction Seen in Opioid Prescribing by Surgeons
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 – Opioid prescribing by surgeons decreased between 2013 and 2017, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Apostolos ...
You're Far Less Likely to Get an Opioid Now After Surgery
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 – In response to the ongoing crisis of opioid misuse, U.S. doctors had already cut the amount of opioids they gave patients after surgery by 2022 to just a third of the amount...
2016 to 2022 Saw Drop in Rate of Opioid Prescriptions From Surgeons
THURSDAY, Dec. 7, 2023 – From 2016 to 2022, there was a decrease in the rate and size of opioid prescriptions from U.S. surgeons, according to a research letter published online Dec. 7 in JAMA...
Americans Are Now Getting Far Fewer Opioids for Dental Pain
FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023 – If you’re getting a tooth pulled or having another painful dental procedure, you’re much less likely to get opioids than you were just a few years ago, new research reveals. Th...
Rite Aid Pharmacy Chain Files for Bankruptcy
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 – The drugstore chain Rite Aid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, due largely to competition and thousands of lawsuits for its role in allegedly filling unlawful opioid...
Teen Surgery-Linked Opioid Prescription Rates Stable From 2015 to 2020
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 – For U.S. adolescents, there was a decrease in opioid prescription rates from 2015 to 2020 for nonsurgical indications, but opioid prescription rates associated with surgery...
Most Patients Seen in Emergency Department for Pain Consume Few Opioids After Discharge
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – Opioid prescriptions following emergency department discharge should be adapted to specific acute pain conditions, according to a study presented at the annual European...
Opioid-Free Discharge Feasible After Pancreatectomy
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 – Opioid-free discharge is feasible after pancreatic surgery, according to a study published online Sept. 6 in JAMA Surgery. Artem Boyev, D.O., from The University of Texas...
Counterfeit Pills Fuel Rising Number of Fatal Drug Overdoses
FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 2023 – A growing number of overdose deaths in the United States involve counterfeit pills, health officials reported Thursday. Overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills were twice...
1 in 10 ICU Patients With Heart Issues Has Illicit Drugs in Their System
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 – More than 1 out of every 10 patients who land in an ICU with a potentially deadly heart emergency test positive for recreational drug use, a new French study reports. About...
Prevalence of Recreational Drug Use 11 Percent in Cardiac ICUs
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 – For patients hospitalized in intensive cardiac care units (ICCUs), the prevalence of recreational drug use is 11 percent, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in...
Most People Initiating Opioid Rx Have Very Low Use Trajectory
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – Most adults initiating treatment with prescription opioids have relatively low and time-limited exposure to opioids during a five-year period, according to a study published...
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