Physicians should look for misuse patterns that lead to overdose before prescribing opioids
1. All opioid misuse patterns examined had a positive association with opioid overdose and death. 2. High number of prescribers ...
Tag: opioid epidemic
Long-acting buprenorphine depot injections may be efficacious in treatment of opioid use disorder
1. In this double-blind randomized controlled trial, weekly or monthly buprenorphine depot injections were non-inferior to daily sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone in ...
Opioid-related pediatric ICU admissions on the rise over past decade
1. The rate of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions attributable to opioid ingestions has significantly increased over the past ...
Opioid use associated with increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease
1. Researchers found a strong link between prescription opioid use and the risk for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). 2. The ...
Household prescription opioid exposure linked to small increased risk of opioid initiation
1. Household member opioid prescription was linked to a small increase in the risk of personal opioid prescription compared to ...
Administering naloxone for opioid overdose reversal in out-of-hospital settings appears to be safe and effective
1. For reversing opioid overdose, intranasal naloxone of a higher concentration (2 mg/mL) seems to have a similar efficacy to ...
Providing unlimited, immediate access to opioid agonist therapy to people with opioid use disorders could save billions and improve outcomes
1. Unlimited, immediate access to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) was shown, through a simulation, to be more cost effective compared ...
Nonmedical prescription drug use associated with dating violence in adolescents
1. Nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) was positively associated with increased sexual violence as well as a combination of ...