Young adults between ages 13 and 30 who fill an opioid prescription before or after having their wisdom teeth are 2.7 times more likely to demonstrate continued opioid use, according to a study published in JAMA.
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A study, published in The BMJ, examined trends in the rate and daily dose of opioids used among commercial and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries over a nine-year period.
A quick search for “opioid-use disorder” (OUD) brings up thousands of news articles from all over the country. It’s a high-profile problem—one that almost everyone is aware of, from senior public health officials in the federal government to the layperson…
Here are 10 stories from Becker's Hospital Review on opioids by state, beginning with the most recent.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association released a report July 12 analyzing opioid use disorder diagnosis in relation to prescription rates and opioid usage among BCBS members, where Iowa ranked the fourth-lowest nationwide, according to The Gazette.
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Limiting the number of opioids prescribed for one procedure can affect the number of pills prescribed for other procedures, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline entered into a four-year collaboration with 23andMe to use human genetics to guide drug development, investing $300M in the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company to fund the effort, the companies said July 25.
In 2016, more than 500,000 Medicare beneficiaries received high doses of opioids, many of which exceeded drug manufacturers' recommend prescription amount, according to federal data cited by WXYZ Channel 7.
In a JAMA Surgery-published study of 34,186 surgical patients, 23.1 percent reported preoperative opioid use.
Ohio physicians are still prescribing too many opioids to residents, despite the implementation of opioid-limiting legislation, according to a new report from The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.