Opioid

The release of the 2016 CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain may have had unintended consequences for patients with sickle cell disease, or SCD, a study showed.

SAN DIEGO — Since 2014 the number of opioid prescribers and prescriptions among Mohs surgeons has decreased, suggesting practices have evolved to avoid dependency, according to a presentation here.

Pregnant women who were prescribed opioid drugs had increased likelihood of spontaneous preterm delivery, and odds increased as total dose increased, according to case-control study results published in JAMA Network Open.

ICU patients who received a high opioid dose during mechanical ventilation faced a heightened risk for opioid use after discharge, according to data presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Critical Care Congress.

The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to PF614-MPAR, a “next-generation opioid” designed to limit oral overdose potential, according to a press release from its manufacturer.

Physicians who were notified that a patient of theirs had died of an overdose and received a plan with guidance on what to do in the future were less likely to prescribe opioids, a study showed.

After cesarean delivery, utilizing a personalized protocol for opioid prescriptions reduced the number of opioids prescribed at discharge without affecting hospital readmissions or the need for rescue prescriptions, researchers reported.

The state of pain management in rheumatology has always been in flux.

CDC data show a spike in infective endocarditis deaths among young adults despite an overall decline in such deaths from 1999 to 2020, with researchers citing the role of comorbid opioid use disorder.

A rise in child suicides in the United States may be connected to the nation’s opioid crisis, according to a study published in Demography.