Opioid

Cannabinoids are widely available for therapeutic and recreational use, but data are limited regarding drug-drug interactions — particularly with cardiovascular medications, according to experts.

HHS has awarded more than $1.6 billion in investments for communities across the country to address the addiction and overdose crises.

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A timed series analysis of a safer opioid supply program in Ontario, Canada, showed decreased rates of ED visits, hospitalizations and health care costs, researchers reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

LAS VEGAS — The majority of opioid-related overdoses can be linked to illicit heroin and fentanyl, not opioids prescribed by physicians to patients with legitimate chronic pain, according to a presentation during PAINWeek 2022.

More infants who were exposed to strong agonists and opioids with long half-lives developed neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome compared with those not exposed, recent findings showed.

Researchers have outlined consensus-based management strategies to guide clinicians who care for patients with cancer-associated pain and opioid misuse or opioid use disorder.

HHS has announced the availability of $10 million in substance misuse grant funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.

Data show that certain characteristics can determine the likelihood of opioid prescriptions following Mohs micrographic surgery, but these prescriptions may not be necessary, according to a study.

Adolescents and young adults with sarcoma prescribed opioids for pain often continued using those substances after treatment completion, according to study results published in Cancer.