News
- The Disturbing Link Between Opioids and Suicide (Medical School) (Amy Bohnert)
- Opioids Fueled a Doubling of Suicides and Overdoses in the U.S. (Amy Bohnert, Mark Ilgen)
- Mobile App Combats Opioid Epidemic by Detecting Signs of Overdose (Amy Bohnert, Mark Ilgen)
- What’s the Worst Pain? (Steven Harte)
- Medical Marijuana Users Are Quitting Prescription Drugs in Huge Numbers (Daniel Kruger)
- Painkiller prescriptions for pets may be contributing to opioid epidemic, study warns
- The Physicians’ Quandary with Opioids: Pain versus Addiction
- From the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis
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Resources
- Release date: 1/7/19
- Webinar information: 1/17/19, 12:30-2:00 PM EST
Newest Opioid Training for Providers! CDC has released the final three modules in the Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
- Module 9: Opioid Use and Pregnancy
- Module 10: Motivational Interviewing
- Module 11: Collaborative Patient-Provider Relationship in Opioid Clinical Decision Making
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR):
- Drug Overdose Deaths Among Women Aged 30–64 Years — United States, 1999–2017;
- Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties Among Primary Care Providers Using an Electronic Health Record System — United States, 2014–2017
- Gastroschisis Trends and Ecologic Link to Opioid Prescription Rates — United States, 2006–2015
- Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs — New York City, 2000–2017
- Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths – United States, 2013-2017
- Notes from the Field: Fentanyl Drug Submissions — United States, 2010–2017
National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine: