Drug-Diversion Program Cut Controlled-Substance Discrepancies at Mount Sinai A daily audit of EHR and dispensing machines revealed documentation mistakes, other errors Dec 07, 2022
Drug Overdose Deaths in Pregnancy Rose 81% in Recent Years Sharp increase driven by deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetics Dec 06, 2022
Fewer Neonatal Risks With Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy But maternal outcomes are similar to methadone's, large study shows Dec 01, 2022
Spinal Cord Stimulators for Chronic Pain May Not Live Up to the Hype Retrospective study finds no reduction in opioid use vs conventional medical management Nov 28, 2022
Young Adults With Sleep Issues Face Higher Overdose Risk With Benzodiazepines Risk heightened for people with a recent prescription opioid-fill Nov 22, 2022
Gabapentin, Opioid Prescriptions More Likely to Overlap in Recent Years An unintentional consequence of opioid prescribing restrictions? Nov 21, 2022
CDC's Updated Opioid Guidelines Are Necessary, but Not Sufficient Additional steps are needed to calibrate opioid access and undo harm Nov 18, 2022
Chronic Pain: Opioids No Longer Treatment of Choice Nondrug therapies increased markedly in wake of 2016 CDC guidance Nov 07, 2022
CDC Just Changed Its Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. Here's What to Know. Guidance covers acute, subacute, and chronic pain and replaces 2016 guidelines Nov 03, 2022
'Pill Mill' Docs, You May Be in for a Big Scare Two recent Supreme Court cases have major implications for physician practice Oct 27, 2022
For Chronic Pain Patients, Consider Green-Tinted Glasses? Mixed results with green light therapy for fibromyalgia Oct 24, 2022
Thumbs Down for Genetic Test for Opioid Use Disorder, FDA Advisors Say False positives, false negatives remain a concern Oct 21, 2022
Allergy Meds May Make Drug Overdoses More Dangerous, CDC Says About 15% of overdose deaths included antihistamines mixed with other drugs Oct 13, 2022
It's High Time for Broader Access to Non-Opioid Pain Medication Limited Medicare coverage poses barriers, but bipartisan legislation offers a solution Sep 22, 2022
I Didn't Let My Addiction Win Out in the End How doctors get addicted and how they recover Sep 16, 2022
Who Needs a 'Recovering' Shrink Now? My past should no longer be a burden but an advantage Sep 13, 2022
Doctor Faces Lawsuit Alleging He Caused Opioid Addiction Patient claims doctor prescribed at least 7,400 oxycodone pills over 4-year period Jul 22, 2022
CDC Nixes Misleading Video About Cops' Risk of Fentanyl Overdose Video removed due to "concerns that parts of this video may mischaracterize the risks," CDC says Jul 14, 2022
Can Low-Dose Naltrexone Offer Pain Relief? Recent study highlights benefits and builds on previous research Jun 27, 2022
Medical Marijuana: CBD, THC Content Matters for Chronic Pain Different pain outcomes and side effects tied to formulation of cannabis products Jun 06, 2022
Video Misleads on Law Enforcement Fentanyl Overdose Risk NIOSH video used to support fentanyl threat to police, but experts say risk of harm is near-zero May 19, 2022
Turn to Tapentadol in a Post-Oxycodone World? Next-gen broad-spectrum analgesic markedly reduces adverse effects, including abuse liability Apr 05, 2022
Substance Use Disorder Symptoms Follow Teens Into Adulthood Long-term study finds adolescents do not "recover on their own," as some observers have suggested Apr 01, 2022
More States Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips Can testing recreational drugs be an effective harm reduction strategy? Mar 28, 2022
Cannabis Linked to Less Opioid Use in Back Pain, Osteoarthritis Usage fell by almost 40% in 6 months, although it's not clear if medical pot was the reason Mar 26, 2022
Job, License, and Livelihood on the Line After diverting drugs, the foundation begins to crack for this nurse Feb 11, 2022 podcast
CDC Proposes New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted Feb 10, 2022
Commission on Opioid Crisis Warns of 1M Overdose Deaths in Call to Action Stanford-Lancet Commission report recommends extensive reforms Feb 02, 2022
Does Teen Prescription Drug Misuse Predict Later Substance Abuse? Misusing prescriptions linked to substance use disorder symptoms by midlife Jan 05, 2022
How to Help Nurses With Substance Use Problems Get Help One of the "worst things" a colleague can do is to say nothing Dec 30, 2021
'Pending Wave' of Nurse Substance Use Problems? Signs point to deepening issue with alcohol, drugs as nurses battle through the pandemic Dec 30, 2021
Is 'Big Pharma' To Blame For the Opioid Crisis? More complex and actionable issues are at the root of the problem Dec 21, 2021
DEA Chief Warns About Fake Prescription Drugs Containing Fentanyl More than 8.4 million fake pills seized since end of September Dec 17, 2021
House Members Debate Cracking Down More on Fentanyl Committee criticizes Justice Department for not appearing at hearing Dec 03, 2021
Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV's 'Dopesick'? No, but the Hulu series holds lessons for physicians about trusting pharma messaging Nov 26, 2021
Buprenorphine Misuse: What's the Reality? New study highlights need to expand access to buprenorphine for OUD Nov 18, 2021
'Concerning' Opioid Prescribing in Patients With Cirrhosis PCPs more than twice as likely as gastroenterologists to prescribe opioids Nov 16, 2021
Prescription Pain Killers Can Be a Slippery Slope We can prevent patients from falling down the rabbit hole Nov 05, 2021
40 Million in U.S. Had a Substance Use Disorder in 2020, SAMHSA Survey Finds Number is double that for 2019, but methodology changes may explain much of that, official says Oct 25, 2021
Eliminate the X Waiver for Buprenorphine Prescribing? OUD "needs to be treated just like any other chronic medical condition," argues family physician Oct 15, 2021
