News How an American billionaire predicted – and then profited from – an Oxycontin ‘prescription blizzard’ (Chad Brummett, Rebecca Haffajee) Inpatient Opioids Influence At-Home Use (Amy Bohnert) Nonwhite patients get less pain relief in U.S. emergency rooms (Lisa...
Opioid Solutions Newsletter Archive
The U-M Opioid Solutions newsletter is published on a bi-weekly basis with the goal of maintaining consistent communication with community members, stakeholders, law makers, researchers, and other engaged or interested parties. The content includes the most up to date information from U-M faculty, staff and partners on news, reports, events and resources relating to the opioid crisis.
OPIOID SOLUTIONS FACULTY NEWS: MAY 27TH – JUNE 10TH
News Medical Schools are Changing the Way They Teach Treatment for Pain, Opioid Addiction (Mike Englesbe) Responses to the Opioid Epidemic Vary Across the Country – But a Few Themes Stand Out (Rebecca Haffajee) Majority of Post-Op Patients Managed Pain Without...
Opioid Solutions Faculty News: May 13th – 26th
News More research needed to understand benefits, harms of cannabis for pain (Mark Ilgen) Opioid Addiction: Meeting the Need for Treatment in Michigan (Amy Bohnert, Jennifer Erb-Donward, Thomas Ivacko) Michigan counties struggle to meet need for opioid treatment (Tom...
Opioid Solutions Faculty News for April 29th – May 12th
News Stark racial, financial divides found in opioid addiction treatment (Pooja Lagisetty, Donovan Maust, Amy Bohnert, Michael Clay) Fighting the opioid epidemic with new knowledge: U-M teams up with Harvard, National Academy of Medicine (Rebecca Cunningham, Chad...
Opioid Solutions Faculty News for April 15th – 28th
News Fentanyl: 12 questions about the hidden drug that's killing people every day (Christopher Blazes) Older Adults’ Perceptions Of Opioid-Related Policies and What They Mean For Pain Treatment (Calista Harbaugh, Preeti Malani, Rebecca Haffajee, Jennifer Waljee) MAT...
Opioid Solutions Faculty News for April 1st – 14th
News Pets Help Take Our Minds Off Pain (Mary Janevic, Cathleen Connell) Adults Under 50 with Hearing Loss May Have Higher Risk of Substance Use (Michael McKee) Special Bag Helps Patients Get Rid of Unused Opioids (Medical School) (Chad Brummett) Interim Buprenorphine...
Opioid Solutions Faculty News for March 18th – 31st
News Hearing loss before 50 may raise drug abuse risk (Michael McKee, Mark Ilgen, Michelle Meade, Philip Zazove) To keep leftover opioids out of harm’s way, give surgery patients special disposal bags, U-M study shows (Chad Brummett, Jennifer Waljee, Mike Englesbe)...
Opioid Solutions Faculty News for Feb. 26th – March 17th
News How many pills do Americans consume? (Chad Brummett) Suicides, often linked to opioids, spike in rural Michigan and among young (Amy Bohnert, Mark Ilgen) Unwise and unnecessary: Opioids for wisdom teeth extractions (Calista Harbaugh, Romesh Nalliah) FDA Will...
Opioid Solutions Faculty News for Feb. 18th – 25th
News Michigan Moment: Many People Will use Medical Marijuana as a Supplement for Prescription Drugs Kaiser Health News: More States Say Doctors Must Offer Overdose Reversal Drugs Along with Opioids Rapid Growth in Medicaid Spending and Prescriptions to Treat Opioid...