Tag: opioid crisis
Mayo Clinic revamps guidelines after opioid overprescribing is revealed
A clinic has revamped its opioid guidelines after an internal study revealed a trend of overprescribing painkillers after surgery.
The Mayo Clinic, a non-profit medical...
Latest federal research: opioid crisis in the US mostly fueled by...
The latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides the most recent estimated figures on the opioid crisis, which has been mostly...
Zebrafish can be key in improving opioid addiction treatment
Zebrafish addicted to opioids may be key in improving human opioid addiction treatment, a new research reveals.
The research, published in the journal Behavioral Brain...
AMA Opioid Task Force updates recommendations for naloxone
Last week, the American Medical Association (AMA) updated its naloxone prescribing guidance document to encourage all medical professionals in the country to make sure...
Opioid epidemic is killing more than government shows
As the opioid epidemic officially reaches a ‘national emergency’ status, federal data shows that heroin and other opioids have been increasingly deadly — now,...
Secretary Tom Price praises China for cracking down on synthetic opioids
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price praised China for their efforts toward cracking down on synthetic opioids. At a meeting in Beijing...
About 60 percent of people who abused opioids did not have...
Almost 60 percent of adults who misused opioids didn’t have a prescription, and more than 40 percent of those cases involved people who obtained...
DEA aims to save lives through opioid crime investigations
DEA agents have seen major success in targeting “egregious” doctors who have put patients at risk with opioid prescribing crimes.
While the nationwide epidemic is...
President declares opioid crisis a ‘national emergency’
President Trump announced Thursday that America's opioid crisis will become a “national emergency.”
The declaration — which was revealed through a response to a reporter’s...
New US Surgeon General pledges to take on the opioid epidemic
Last week, the Senate confirmed Dr. Jerome Adams as the 20th U.S. Surgeon General. Adams — an anesthesiologist with a biochemistry, a biopsychology, and...
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