The other opioid crisis: shortages at U.S. hospitals
(HealthDay)—U.S. hospitals are running short of the injectable opioids and anesthesia drugs that most surgery patients need during and after […]
The increase in opioid deaths in the last 20 years led a medical student at the University of Michigan Medical […] Racial disparities in pain management have been well-documented, with doctors historically more willing to prescribe opiates to whites than to […] Facing a rising death toll from drug overdoses, state lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment […] Researchers at the University of Michigan have engineered a new compound that animal tests suggest could offer the pain-relieving properties […] When Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued an advisory calling for more people to carry naloxone—not just people at overdose risk, […] (HealthDay)—A first opioid lawsuit is targeting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to a report published in Managed Healthcare Executive. Noting […] A new technology developed by Stony Brook University researchers affiliated with the Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (ICB […] Opioids are not among the most effective—or longest lasting—options available for relief from acute dental pain, a new examination of […] Improving job prospects for people in economically depressed parts of the United States is unlikely to help curb the opioid […]Medications
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