Analysis of rising cases of adolescent opioid use presentations to the emergency department and their management - Sidlak A, Dibble B, Dhaliwal M, Bottone P, Marino R, Henry L, Howell J.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to answer the question of how adolescents (ages 12-17 years old) with opioid-related presentations are currently managed in the ED. The two main outcomes were the proportion of visits where naloxone and buprenorphine were both used and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
We have treatments for opioid addiction that work. So why is the problem getting worse?
Xiao Hua Yang for Vox Opioid addiction doesn’t get as many headlines as it used to, but the crisis is as bad as ever. It doesn’t have to be. The opioid crisis doesn’t get as many headlines as it used to before Covid-19, but the news remains stubbornly, shockingly bad. Decades into the deadliest…#xiaohuayang #latinx #sarahwakeman #massgeneralbrigham #suboxone #mat #wakeman #walterling #ucla #fda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond Opioids
Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making treatment far more difficult. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman and Hilary Swift Tags: your-feed-science Methamphetamines Drug Abuse and Traffic Opioids and Opiates Buprenorphine (Drug) Mental Health and Disorders Fentanyl Pregnancy and Childbirth Addiction (Psychology) Heroin Cocaine and Crack Cocaine Naloxone (Drug) Source Type: news
AMA Calls for Wider Access to Naloxone AMA Calls for Wider Access to Naloxone
The AMA is calling for increased access to overdose-reversing naloxone, buprenorphine, fentanyl test strips and other harm reduction methods.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - November 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
To Combat the Opioid Epidemic, Cities Ponder Facilities for Drug Use
Philadelphia is again the focus of a national campaign to open — or restrict — sites where people use drugs under medical supervision. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: your-feed-science Drug Abuse and Traffic Law and Legislation Opioids and Opiates Medicine and Health Urban Areas Buprenorphine (Drug) Naloxone (Drug) Fentanyl Addiction (Psychology) Philadelphia (Pa) Source Type: news
The association of medical providers' attitudes about naloxone and people with opioid use disorder and their self-reported "low-barrier" treatment practices - Winograd RP, Coffey B, Nance M, Carpenter R.
Opioid-involved overdose deaths continue to climb, in part because of suboptimal access to and retention on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), including buprenorphine. Low barrier buprenorphine treatment aims to reduce or eliminate the threshold f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Support for Opioid Use Disorder
In recognition of the estimated 2.1 million people in the United States who struggle with an opioid use disorder, National Opioid Awareness Day, observed on September 21, is marked to create awareness about the effects of opioid overdose and reduce the stigma associated with it. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those in or seeking recovery from mental and substance use disorders.
What are opioids? Opioids include prescription medications used to treat pain such as morphine, codeine, methadone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, hydromorphone, and buprenorphine, as well as illegal drugs such as heroin an...
Source: The Cornflower - September 15, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog opioid epidemic opioid resources Source Type: news
Decriminalizing Opioids Will Save Countless Lives
Even the most fervent drug warrior would have to concede that cannabis legalization has been a success. In thirty-eight states patients can now freely access high-quality cannabis for medical conditions that are often notoriously resistant to other treatments. In the twenty-three states in which cannabis is legal for both medical and recreational purposes, citizens enjoy the right to partake in a substance that is far safer than other recreational drugs—including and especially alcohol—without fear of prosecution. Driving fatalities have not increased and rates of psychosis (which cannabis can contribute to) ha...
Source: TIME: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
A mobile addiction service for community-based overdose prevention - Pepin MD, Joseph JK, Chapman BP, McAuliffe C, O'Donnell LK, Marano RL, Carreiro SP, Garcia EJ, Silk H, Babu KM.
Mainstays of opioid overdose prevention include medications for opioid use disorder (e.g., methadone or buprenorphine) and naloxone distribution. Inadequate access to buprenorphine limits its uptake, especially in communities of color, and people with opio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Predictors of opioid overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of relapse, treatment access and nonprescribed buprenorphine/naloxone - Kline A, Williams JM, Steinberg ML, Mattern D, Chesin M, Borys S, Chaguturu V.
Introduction
Emerging data indicate a disproportionate increase in overdose deaths since the onset of COVID-19. Speculation about causes for the increase center on rising drug use, illicit drug supply changes, and reduced treatment access. Possible overdo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Few Rehab Centers for Teens Offer Recommended Medicine
Only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a recommended medicine for opioid addiction, according to a study that exposes an important gap in care.
Posing as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a fictitious 16-year-old who survived a fentanyl overdose, researchers called U.S. rehabs and asked if they offered the treatment medication buprenorphine.
Of 160 facilities with care for teens, just 39 provided buprenorphine, also known by the brand name Suboxone. One hundred said they didn’t and 21 said they didn’t know.
“As somebody who’s tried to promote the use of evidence-based treatments ...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carla K. Johnson/AP Tags: Uncategorized Addiction healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Former Owner of Watauga Recovery Clinics Sentenced to Prison
FDA OCI, Dr. Ralph Thomas Reach, Bristol, Virginia, Watauga Recovery Centers, sentence, federal prison, former, owner, chain, buprenorphine, clinics, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, dispense, Rx, prescription drugs Subutex, Suboxone, clonazepam, gabapentin, misbranded, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - June 8, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Maker of anti-addiction drug Suboxone reaches $102.5 million settlement over antitrust claims
The company that makes the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone has reached a $102.5 million settlement of antitrust claims with 41 states and the District of Columbia.#suboxone #districtofcolumbia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Maker of anti-addiction drug Suboxone reaches $102.5 million settlement over antitrust claims
The company that makes the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone has reached a $102.5 million settlement of antitrust claims with 41 states and the District of Columbia (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
U.S. Recorded Nearly 110,000 Overdose Deaths in 2022
The number leveled off after two years of sharp increases, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: Drug Abuse and Traffic Fentanyl Buprenorphine (Drug) Opioids and Opiates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Naloxone (Drug) Biden, Joseph R Jr United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
