San Diego-based Scripps Health reduced its opioid prescriptions by 25 percent in the first year of its Opioid Stewardship Program, according to Patch.
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Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has launched a surgical redesign program to improve pain management and reduce patient opioid use.
Philadelphia's spike in opioid overdoses has contributed to an increase in organ donations, according to CBS Philly.
Higher quantity of opioid prescriptions may result in increased opioid consumption among patients after surgery, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.
With the increase of illicit drug use and overdoses, the emergency response drug naloxone should be made available over the counter, write Michael Hufford, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Harm Reduction Therapeutics and Donald Burke, MD, dean of Pittsburgh-based Graduate…
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Michigan surgical patients only take about one-quarter of their opioid prescriptions, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama will remove brand-name opioid OxyContin from its preferred drug list beginning Jan. 1, according to a news release obtained by NBC 15.
Mac Miller, a popular Pittsburgh-based rapper, died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol, according to a toxicology report released Nov. 5 by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
A study published in JAMA Network Open examined the patient-level factors associated with persistent opioid use among workers' compensation claimants.
The FDA announced its approval Nov. 2 of a new prescription opioid called Dsuvia, despite public and medical criticism for the drug's approval in the midst of the opioid epidemic, according to STAT.