There is an opioid epidemic in the United States. Opioids were once a medical breakthrough to help alleviate pain and discomfort. Touted by pharmaceutical companies as being non-addictive, doctors put their faith in these companies and started writing prescriptions for their patients. Now doctors in...
The LeSA project addresses the opioid epidemic by focusing on justice-involved youth at risk for SU and substance use disorders (SUDs). As is well documented, most JJ-involved youth have experimented with using illegal substances and/or developed a SUD prior to entering the JJ system [66] [8...
With opioid settlement funds now available, the state government opioid epidemic response can address the economic and community health impacts. Read more
The LeSA project addresses the opioid epidemic by focusing on justice-involved youth at risk for SU and substance use disorders (SUDs). As is well documented, most JJ-involved youth have experimented with using illegal substances and/or developed a SUD prior to entering the JJ system [66] [8...
nonpharmacologic approaches may provide effective pain relief and can also improve functional performance and hasten recovery from injury. This chapter will provide an in-depth examination of acute pain treatment in the context of the ongoing opioid misuse epidemic, including physiologic mechanisms of acu...
Additionally, given that there might be differences in the procedures by age and sex, we further calculated outcomes for procedures stratified by both age group and sex. Descriptive statistics were used for all analyses. Descriptive statistics calculated included mean and standard deviation for ...
Alaska Governor Bill Walker announced a disaster declaration on the state's opioid epidemic on Feb. 15, 2017, which he said "is an important first step in addressing our public health crisis." Alaska has recorded one of the highest per-capita death rates for prescription opioid overdoses in ...
“With all of the prescribing challenges created by the opioid epidemic, we are leaning heavily on our teambased approach more than ever,” she says. “As a hospitalist, I often have to manage pain crises in patients, yet opioid shortages and restrictions affect us as much as anyone. Some...
motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of injury death in the united states. 23 to address these far-reaching impacts, state and federal agencies have devoted a staggering volume of resources to fighting the opioid and heroin epidemic. figure 1 depicts some of the organizations and programs ...
While we are waiting for the COVID crisis to stabilize and vaccinations begin, we notice a resurgence in the opioid overdose and opioid use crisis. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Health Statistics estimated that 19, 416 individuals died of...