The recent opioid epidemic has been associated with new opioid formulations approved by the FDA in the 1990s. Unfortunately, what we are seeing now is unprecedented. At least 2 million people are addicted to prescriptionpainmedications. At least another 600,000 are addicted to heroin. Q. How di...
What You Need to Know About the Opioid EpidemicDavid Fawcett Ph.D., L.C.S.W
Back in the late 1990s, healthcare providers were unsure about prescribing opioid painkillers due to the risk of addiction. However, pharmaceutical companies reassured them that the drugs were not addictive. That led to the painkillers being prescribed with increasing frequency in a wide range of si...
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What Role Has Emergency Medicine Played in the Opioid Epidemic? Partner in Crime or Canary in the Coal Mine?: Answers to the March 2018 Journal Club Questions Barrett, Tyler W,Bellew, Shawna D - 《Annals of Emergency Medicine》 被引量: 0发表: 2018年 ...
Opioid overdoseFamily medicineChronic painOxycodoneA 35-year-old male construction worker presents to his family physician a week after "tweaking" his back while on the job. He has some lumbar back pain bilaterally, but what really concerns him is......
Matters of health:For example—The opioid crisis in America has grown to epidemic proportions. Behavior:For example—There's an epidemic of tantrums among preschoolers! These usages are not wrong, but they can cause confusion. Even when "epidemic" is used to define health issues, it may not ...
He looks set to declare America's epidemic of opioid misuse a national emergency.1 But the history of this epidemic is a masterclass in unintended consequences, and the big question now is what Trump and his administration choose to do next. The scale of the epidemic is not in doubt. The...
than 130 Americans lose their lives to opioid overdoses and many more struggle with opioid addiction.Over the past 20 years, the deregulation of laws controlling the prescribing of opioids to treat chronic non-cancer pain by the state medical boards has led to substantial increases in opioid use...
22 The findings demonstrated that early ART initiation led to a sustained decrease in HIV-1 infection in HIV-negative sexual partners.22 This study was proof of concept for the HIV Treatment as Prevention strategy,22 so much so that in 2013, the World Health Organization recommended that ART ...