Opioids

Pennsylvania students create wristband to track potential opioid OD victims

Harrison Cook - Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019
Sudents at Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon have developed a wristband that sounds an alarm when its wearer is at risk of an opioid overdose, according to engineering magazine IEEE Spectrum.
9,000 pediatric opioid overdose deaths since 1999, study finds

Harrison Cook - Friday, December 28th, 2018
U.S. children and adolescents are increasingly dying from opioid overdoses, according to a study published on JAMA Network.
Patients receiving naloxone for opioid overdoses can be safely discharged after 1 hour of observation

Anuja Vaidya - Friday, December 28th, 2018
A study published in Academic Emergency Medicine clinically assessed the practice of discharging patients from the emergency department just one hour after receiving naloxone for drug overdoses.

Opioid tapering guidelines 'aggressive and unrealistic,' experts write

Harrison Cook - Wednesday, December 26th, 2018
Taking long-term opioid users off their prescription painkillers may be harmful, international health experts write in a letter published in Oxford Academic Pain Medicine.
Opioids have little benefit in long-term pain management, study finds

Harrison Cook - Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Chronic pain patients don't fare much better taking opioids to manage their pain than they do by taking placebos, a study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association found.
Daily drug for opioid use disorder more cost-effective than monthly injection

Megan Knowles - Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Daily medication prescribed for opioid use disorder is more cost-effective than monthly injections to treat the disorder, a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found.
DEA failed to curb opioid distribution in West Virginia, Congress says

Harrison Cook - Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
The Drug Enforcement Administration allegedly failed to stop millions of opioids from being diverted into West Virginia, according to a congressional report detailed by The Washington Post.

Filling opioid prescriptions postpartum ups risk of persistent use regardless of delivery type

Anuja Vaidya - Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
Women who fill opioid prescriptions for pain early in the postpartum period have a higher risk of developing persistent use patterns, according to a research letter published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Purdue must release secret OxyContin marketing files, court rules

Alia Paavola - Monday, December 17th, 2018
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must release the secret marketing records of its powerful opioid, a Kentucky appeals court ruled Dec. 14, according to STAT news.
AMA, PAMED, Manatt Health release Pennsylvania's progress in curbing opioid use

Harrison Cook - Friday, December 14th, 2018
The American Medical Association, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Medical Society and Manatt Health, released a spotlight analysis of efforts to curb Pennsylvania's opioid epidemic.
Babies born with opioid withdrawal syndrome have smaller heads, study finds

Harrison Cook - Thursday, December 13th, 2018
Infants born with opioid withdrawal syndrome have smaller heads than babies not exposed to opioids while in utero, according to a study published Dec. 10, in the journal Pediatrics.

Opioids top culprit as overdose deaths increase 54% from 2011-16, study finds

Harrison Cook - Thursday, December 13th, 2018
A study in the CDC's National Vital Statistics Reports found opioids were among the drugs most often reported in overdose deaths, which increased by 54 percent from 2011-16.
Scientists use Google search to 'predict' heroin overdoses

Harrison Cook - Monday, December 10th, 2018
Scientists based in California have created a model that uses Google searches to predict where potential heroin overdoses will occur, according to Quartz.
Life insurers declining coverage for those who purchase naloxone

Harrison Cook - Thursday, December 6th, 2018
A nurse working at an addiction treatment program at Boston Medical Center was denied life insurance for carrying the life-saving drug naloxone, according to wbur.
Missouri hospital physicians urged to limit opioid prescriptions

Harrison Cook - Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
Medical organizations have recommended that Missouri hospital physicians decrease their opioid prescriptions, according to St. Louis Public Radio.
FDA opioid-reduction challenge winners announced

Harrison Cook - Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
The FDA has announced the eight winners of its Innovation Challenge: Devices to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorder.
China will make fentanyl a controlled substance

Harrison Cook - Monday, December 3rd, 2018
After this year's G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, China agreed to reclassify fentanyl as a controlled substance to restrict its illegal distribution to the United States, according to CNN.
Some marketplaces on UK's dark web refuse to sell fentanyl

Julie Spitzer - Monday, December 3rd, 2018
Some of the drug marketplaces on the dark web operating in the U.K. have voluntarily banned the sale of fentanyl, the nation's National Crime Agency told The Guardian.
Bloomberg Philanthropies will gift $50M to combat opioid epidemic: 5 things to know

Alia Paavola - Friday, November 30th, 2018
Bloomberg Philanthropies will invest $50 million to fight the nationwide opioid epidemic in up to 10 states over the next three years.
Lawyers for opioid-addicted newborns want separate lawsuit

Harrison Cook - Thursday, November 29th, 2018
Lawyers representing babies born dependant on opioids are seeking to separate their lawsuit from nationwide litigation against opioid manufacturers, according to Politico.

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Pennsylvania students create wristband to track potential opioid OD victims

9,000 pediatric opioid overdose deaths since 1999, study finds

Patients receiving naloxone for opioid overdoses can be safely discharged after 1 hour of observation

Opioid tapering guidelines 'aggressive and unrealistic,' experts write

Opioids have little benefit in long-term pain management, study finds

Daily drug for opioid use disorder more cost-effective than monthly injection

DEA failed to curb opioid distribution in West Virginia, Congress says

Filling opioid prescriptions postpartum ups risk of persistent use regardless of delivery type

Purdue must release secret OxyContin marketing files, court rules

AMA, PAMED, Manatt Health release Pennsylvania's progress in curbing opioid use

Babies born with opioid withdrawal syndrome have smaller heads, study finds

Opioids top culprit as overdose deaths increase 54% from 2011-16, study finds

Scientists use Google search to 'predict' heroin overdoses

Life insurers declining coverage for those who purchase naloxone

Missouri hospital physicians urged to limit opioid prescriptions

FDA opioid-reduction challenge winners announced

China will make fentanyl a controlled substance

Some marketplaces on UK's dark web refuse to sell fentanyl

Bloomberg Philanthropies will gift $50M to combat opioid epidemic: 5 things to know

Lawyers for opioid-addicted newborns want separate lawsuit

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