Publication date: Mar 01, 2019 It is imperative to find the balance between pain control and addressing the opioid epidemic. Opioids, although effective in the acute pain management, have multiple ... Read more

Publication date: Feb 20, 2019 Comer, S.D., Dworkin, R.H., and Strain, E.C. Medical Devices to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder: Innovative Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Crisis. 03215. 2019 JAMA Psychiatry.

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Publication date: Feb 13, 2019 The United States is in the midst of a nationwide public health emergency: an epidemic of opioid misuse and abuse that has been called the ... Read more

Publication date: Feb 11, 2019 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is increasingly prevalent among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the context of the current US opioid crisis. Although curative ... Read more

Publication date: Feb 11, 2019 Drug overdose is the leading cause of unintentional death in the USA and the majority of deaths involve an opioid. Pharmacies are playing an increasingly ... Read more

Publication date: Feb 11, 2019 Ever-increasing numbers of opioid use disorder (OUD) in Canada has created the recent opioid crisis. One common treatment for OUD is methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). ... Read more

Publication date: Feb 07, 2019 The increasing contamination of the drug supply with illicitly manufactured fentanyl and related analogs in North America has resulted in the most severe drug-overdose crisis ... Read more

Publication date: Feb 10, 2019 The escalation of the opioid crisis has led to an increase in the treatment of opioid use disorder. In particular, recent legislation has allowed for ... Read more

Publication date: Feb 11, 2019 Adams, J.M. and Giroir, B.P. Opioid Prescribing Trends and the Physician’s Role in Responding to the Public Health Crisis. 03216. 2019 JAMA Intern Med.

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Publication date: Feb 08, 2019 Opioid-related morbidity and mortality are major public health concerns, and the risk of long-term opioid use after shoulder arthroscopy is not well defined. Substance abuse ... Read more