Publication date: Sep 22, 2020 In response to a declared statewide public health emergency due to opioid-related overdose deaths, the Arizona Department of Health Services guided the creation of a ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 23, 2020 More than 50 million adults in America suffer from chronic pain. Opioids are commonly prescribed for their effectiveness in relieving many types of pain. However, ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 23, 2020 Background Prescription opioids are a central aspect of pain management and as the prevalence of pain is increasing so is the rate of use of ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 23, 2020 Pain is a complex syndrome that is difficult to treat. The increasing numbers of patients living with chronic diseases has led to increasing pain management ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 23, 2020 Opioid prescribing patterns play an important role in the opioid epidemic in the United States. The purpose of this study is to examine the trends ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 23, 2020 Perioperative pain assessment and management in neurosurgical patients varies widely across the globe. There is lack of data from developing world regarding practices of pain ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 21, 2020 An exponential rise in nicotine-containing electronic-cigarette use has been observed during the period of adolescence. Preclinical studies have shown that nicotine exposure during early adolescence, ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 22, 2020 To evaluate postoperative opioid prescribing in patients undergoing neck dissections with short hospitalizations. Retrospective cohort study. Tertiary academic hospital. The study population included patients who ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 22, 2020 Drug product shortages, including injectable opioids, are common and have the potential to adversely affect patient care. To evaluate the impact of an injectable opioid ... Read more

Publication date: Sep 20, 2020 Tolerance and hyperalgesia associated with chronic exposure to morphine are major limitations in the clinical management of chronic pain. At a cellular level, neuronal signaling ... Read more