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Nearly 92 million adults used prescription opioids, new gov’t report
Over one-third of the American adult population were past-year users of prescription opioids at least once in 2015, according to a new government report...
Opioid prescriptions three times higher in 2015 than in 1999, CDC...
Although opioid prescriptions declined year to year from 2010 to 2015 nationwide, their accessibility either continued steady or increased in more than half of...
Odds of prescription opioid addiction rises sharply after 5 days of...
Patients who use prescription opioids for more than three days are more likely to become long-term users, with a sharp increase in probability occurring...
The risks of long-term opioid use after surgery
Opioid prescribing after surgery regularly occurs in excess, and the risks of new long-term use are more common than previous research revealed, according to...
Women face unique challenges in overcoming opioid dependence
Women are often voiceless casualties of the opioid crisis that has swept across the United States. However, a recent white paper from the Office...
Curbing abuse and overdoses through opioid stewardship
Last December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its website with information about antibiotic stewardship -- a practice that describes a...
Oregon adopts new opioid prescribing guidelines in an effort to curb...
Oregon’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Task Force recently approved the adoption of state-specific opioid prescribing guidelines in order to curb the rate of opioid overdoses...
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