Dental providers are uniquely positioned to take a leadership role in mitigating the national opioid crisis by reducing the number of opioids prescribed to manage acute pain following common dental procedures [98]. This clinical trial will provide key information to impact their prescribing habits. Tri...
What Is Being Done in Los Angeles to Address the City’s Opioid Epidemic? To address this opioid crisis, Los Angeles has developed educational programs for law enforcement and first responders to learn about opioid abuse and addiction as a disease. They are being taught how to use Narcan (nal...
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In the midst of America's growing opioid crisis, a much healthier alternative to long-term pain management is emerging—one affectionately known as "the cuddle hormone," or oxytocin. Sep 11, 2024 0 1 Addiction Nearly 1 in 4 Americans know someone addicted to opioids, survey finds A 50-...
” It’s the idea that you treat risk not as something that must be driven to zero. In a recent episode called “The Truth About the Vaping Crisis,” we talked about the battle between smoking abstentionists — people who argue that nobody should be consuming any nicotine, in any form ...
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Introduction Opioid use disorder (OUD) has become a public health crisis and is a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, lost productivity, and criminal justice system cost in the US.1,2 In 2018, at least 2 million people in the US had a substance use disorder related to prescription o...
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However, during the OxyContin crisis, Dr. Koivu produced research showing that injecting Hydromorph Contin is associated withincreased heart-valveand HIV infections (HIV wascaused by the act of injection, not the Hydromorph Contin itself). As such, at least some of the suspected dangers o...