Opioid Crisis: Analgesic Mechanisms of Mu Opiate Drugs (Heroin, Vicodin, Morphine)
U.S. Department of Justice. 04/18/2017 This 31-minute video is a presentation from the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, held on April 17-20, 2017. The speaker provides background and understanding of the opioid crisis, and the increase in opioid use, overdoses, and deaths. She also describes the National Institutes of Health Opioid Research Initiative. (Video or Multimedia) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - June 26, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
A doctor prescribed so many painkillers, she ’ s been charged with murdering her patients, authorities say
On Nov. 21, 2012, Sheila Bartels walked out of the Sunshine Medical Center in Oklahoma with a prescription for a "horrifyingly excessive" cocktail of drugs capable of killing her several times over. A short time later, she was at a pharmacy, receiving what drug addicts call “the holy trinity” of prescription drugs: the powerful painkiller Hydrocodone, the anti-anxiety medication […]Related:Senate GOP bill would gut critical public health funding this fallOur gut talks and sometimes argues with our brain. Now we know how.Not quite half of American teens have had sex by 18. That’s actually low. (Source:...
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - June 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lannett Receives Approval For Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets USP, 5 mg/300 mg, 7.5 mg/300 mg And 10 mg/300 mg
PHILADELPHIA, June 22, 2017 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Lannett Company, Inc. (NYSE: LCI) today announced that it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Hydroc... Biopharmaceuticals, Generics, FDA Lannett, Hydrocodone, Acetaminophen, Vicodin (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 22, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
2017 Eureka! Innovation award winner: HealthPartners/Park Nicollet Frauenshuh Cancer Center
Industry category: Health Care Services
Organization size: Large — revenue greater than $200
Eureka! idea: A nonopioid pain program that reduces costs and improves outcomes
What the judges said:"It's all about pain intervention, reducing costs and serving patients better."
Cancer-related pain is a common source of difficulty when i t comes to quality of life for these patients. While opioids like Percocet and Vicodin are often used to manage pain, they carry an addiction risk, and can even affect… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 21, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news
2017 Eureka! Innovation award winner: HealthPartners/Park Nicollet Frauenshuh Cancer Center
Industry category: Health Care Services
Organization size: Large — revenue greater than $200
Eureka! idea: A nonopioid pain program that reduces costs and improves outcomes
What the judges said:"It's all about pain intervention, reducing costs and serving patients better."
Cancer-related pain is a common source of difficulty when i t comes to quality of life for these patients. While opioids like Percocet and Vicodin are often used to manage pain, they carry an addiction risk, and can even affect… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 21, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Characterization of the ability of diazepam to reverse prescription opioid tolerance - Gonek M, Henderson G, Dewey WL.
We are experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic with over 120 people dying every day. Most individuals who become tolerant and dependent on opioids, including the prescription opioids oxycodone and hydrocodone, co-abuse other substances. The ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
My Experience With Vicodin Taught Me That Any Of Us Could Be Tiger Woods
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An advance in prescription opioid vaccines: overdose mortality reduction and extraordinary alteration of drug half-life - Kimishima A, Wenthur CJ, Zhou B, Janda KD.
Prescription opioids (POs) such as oxycodone and hydrocodone are highly effective medications for pain management, yet they also present a substantial risk for abuse and addiction. The consumption of POs has been escalating worldwide, resulting in tens of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Tramadol vs. Vicodin
Title: Tramadol vs. VicodinCategory: MedicationsCreated: 5/9/2017 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/9/2017 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - May 9, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Former Cincinnati hospital chief indicted
Dr. Barbra Temeck, former acting chief of staff of the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, has been indicted on charges of distributing the pain medication hydrocodone and the anti-anxiety drug valium in violation of federal law.
The indictment handed up May 3 by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati didn’t specify to whom the doctor allegedly distributed the controlled substances.
However, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington previously reported it had referred allegations… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 5, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Barrett J. Brunsman Source Type: news
Tramadol vs. Hydrocodone
Title: Tramadol vs. HydrocodoneCategory: MedicationsCreated: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - April 24, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Opioid addiction raises mortality rate for those getting care in medical offices, hospitals
People who are addicted to opioids and receiving their medical care in a general health care setting were more than 10 times as likely to die during a four-year period than people without substance abuse problems, UCLA researchers have found. The new study, published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, suggests that health care systems should have better infrastructure and training for primary care physicians to diagnose and treat opioid use disorder, a condition that includes addiction to both prescription and illicit opioids.UCLAYih-Ing HserThe study, led by Yih-Ing Hser, professor of psychiatry and behavioral scienc...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 21, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Unsealed Documents Reveal Prince's Doctor Prescribed Meds For Singer Under Another Name
Opioid painkiller were found in pop star Prince’s home after his sudden death a year ago, and investigators were told that the musician had history of withdrawals “believed to be the result of abuse of prescription medication,” according to court documents unsealed on Monday.
According to a search warrant of Prince’s Paisley Park complex outside Minneapolis, investigators found several pills labeled Watson 853 - the identifier for the generic hydrocodone-acetaminophen - in various rooms.
A search also turned up other “numerous narcotic controlled substance pills” in various containers, s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Would Legalizing Medical Marijuana Help Curb The Opioid Epidemic?
This study and a few others provided some evidence regarding the potential positive benefits of legalizing marijuana to reduce opioid use and abuse, but they are still preliminary,” she said in an email.
Dr. Esther Choo, a professor of emergency medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, was intrigued by the study’s suggestion that access to cannabis might reduce opioid misuse.
“It is becoming increasingly clear that battling the opioid epidemic will require a multi-pronged approach and a good deal of creativity,” Choo, who was not involved in the study, said in an email. “C...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
