Buscan aliviar el dolor tras un reemplazo de rodilla
JUEVES, 18 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores quizá hayan encontrado una nueva forma de ayudar a aliviar el dolor de una cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla: infusionar morfina directamente en la tibia.Los hallazgos provienen de un …
Learn MoreMoving Away From Opioids to Treat Dental Pain
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many opioid abusers cite short-term, legitimate use of an opioid for relief of joint or dental pain as their “gateway” into addiction.Now, research done at one New York State clinic finds that dentists can cut…
Learn MoreThree Pharmacy Chains Must Pay $650 Million for Role in Opioid Crisis
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Three of the country’s largest pharmacy chains will have to pay $650.5 million over the next 15 years to two Ohio counties for their role in the opioid epidemic, a U.S. federal judge has ordered.The decision…
Learn MoreTaking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers may have found a new way to help ease the pain of knee replacement surgery: infusing morphine directly into the shin bone.The findings come from a recent study of 48 patients undergoing total kne…
Learn More3 Big Pharmacy Chains Must Pay $650 Million to Ohio Counties for Role in Opioid Crisis
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Three of the country’s largest pharmacy chains will have to pay $650.5 million over the next 15 years to two Ohio counties for their role in the opioid epidemic, a U.S. federal judge has ordered.The decision…
Learn MoreLa metanfetamina tiene un importante rol en las sobredosis de drogas en la parte rural de EE. UU.
MARTES, 16 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La metanfetamina provoca una epidemia de sobredosis de drogas en la parte rural de EE. UU., concluye un estudio reciente.Los investigadores atribuyen el aumento a la metanfetamina contaminada con fentan…
Learn MoreMeth Plays Big Role in Drug ODs in Rural America
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Methamphetamine is driving an epidemic of drug overdoses in rural America, a new study concludes.Researchers attribute the surge to meth laced with fentanyl or combined with an opioid that contains fentanyl.”…
Learn MoreMethamphetamine, Opioid Co-Use Tied to More Nonfatal Overdoses
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Methamphetamine and opioid co-users are more likely to have nonfatal overdoses compared with users of either drug alone, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in JAMA Network Open.
P. Todd Korthuis…
Learn MoreOpioid Rx Down for Chronic Noncancer Pain, Cancer Pain in U.S. Adults
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Opioid prescribing declined for both chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) and cancer pain between 2012 and 2019, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in PLOS ONE.
Sachini Bandara, Ph.D., from the Johns H…
Learn MoreProgram Cuts Opioid Use in Teens After Spinal Surgery for Scoliosis
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An intervention that involves preoperative patient education and smaller prescription quantity successfully reduces opioid use while maintaining pain control following posterior spinal fusion for adolescent id…
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