Millennials are half as likely as baby boomers to use opioids for pain relief, a new survey, commissioned by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, shows.
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Prescient Medicine created a genetic test to assess individual risk of opioid addiction, according to a study published in Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science.
Researchers with the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., are working on vaccines for heroin and fentanyl addiction, according to Seeker.
Indianapolis-based Anthem and its affiliated health plans achieved a companywide target of reducing filled opioid prescriptions by 30 percent two years before a 2019 deadline.
OptumRx, a pharmacy care services company, said its Opioid Risk Management program has reduced opioid consumption and prescribing since its launch July 1, according to initial results released Tuesday.
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After nonfatal overdoses, Medicaid patients in Pennsylvania demonstrated a minimal reduction in prescription opioid use and a marginal increase in medication-assisted addiction treatment from 2008 to 2013, according to a study published in JAMA.
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare aims to achieve a 40 percent reduction in the number of opioids prescribed for acute pain systemwide by the end of 2018.
Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, consisting of 36 independent health plans, found 21 percent of its members filled a least one opioid prescription in 2015.
A quality initiative to boost anesthesiologists' role in caring for hip fracture patients has helped lower opioid use, reduced length of stay and cut costs at a 432-bed hospital in northern California, according to a release.
From 2010 through 2016, the number of Blue Cross and Blue Shield members diagnosed with opioid use disorder increased by 493 percent, according to a new study conducted by the BCBS Association