Opioid
HHS provides $1.5 billion to fund state opioid grant program
A federal grant will provide nearly $1.5 billion to states and territories to address the nation’s opioid addiction and overdose epidemic, HHS announced in a press release.
Opioid, methamphetamine co-use in pregnancy up since 2000
SAN DIEGO — Admissions for opioid and methamphetamine co-use in pregnancy increased between 2000 and 2017, according to data presented here.
For opioids, morphine equivalent daily dosage should be ‘guidance but not dogma’
DESTIN, Fla. — Physicians considering opioids for pain should perform manual calculations before consulting conversion charts and online calculators, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.
Opioid use after cardiac implanted device procedures falling; high dosages still prevalent
Despite a slight decline in opioid prescription filling from 2016 to 2020, one-third of patients who had an electronic cardiac device implanted were given doses tied to increased risk for persistent use, researchers reported.
Interventions reduce opioid prescribing after neck dissection for thyroid cancer
DALLAS — Preoperative counseling and perioperative pain management strategies significantly reduced opioid prescriptions at discharge for patients who underwent lateral neck dissection for thyroid cancer, according to study results.
‘Disappointing’ data reveal modest benefit of exercise over pain meds in knee OA
A meta-analysis comparing exercise, opioids and NSAIDs yielded “disappointing” and inconsistent results, in which exercise generally demonstrated some benefit over opioids and NSAIDs, according to a speaker at the 2022 OARSI World Congress.
Post-surgery opioid prescriptions decline for children, teens
Post-surgery opioid prescribing for children and teenagers declined between 2014 and 2019, with a sharp decline seen starting in late 2017, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
Mindfulness intervention reduces pain, opioid misuse
A mindfulness-based intervention was associated with significant reductions in chronic pain and opioid misuse compared with supportive psychotherapy, according to a recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Study finds no link between take-home opioid agonist therapy, overdose risk
An increase in take-home doses of opioid agonist therapy early in the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower rates of treatment interruption and did not increase the risk for opioid-related overdoses, according to a recent study.
Use of oxycodone with fluoxetine or paroxetine increases risk for opioid overdose
Patients who started oxycodone while taking fluoxetine or paroxetine were at increased risk for opioid overdose compared with those who were taking other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a cohort study showed.