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University of Michigan researchers from a wide range of disciplines are working together to formulate and answer critical questions about opioids. These collaborative efforts have placed U-M at the forefront of opioid research.
$3.3M to aid research into surgical care for opioid patients
The University of Michigan recently received a $3.3 million grant to launch a comprehensive data science project that aims to inform best practices on pre- and post-surgical care procedures for patients with opioid use disorder. Opioid overdoses account for more than...
Community-based organizations can now provide naloxone outside of pharmacies, according to updated State of Michigan order
In an effort to expand access to the overdose reversal medication, community-based organizations can host or provide naloxone distribution sites without the previously required oversight of a pharmacy, according to an updated order from the State of Michigan. As...
Brief: Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder After Overdoses Among Medicaid Enrollees
U-M researchers studied how opioid use disorder medications such as buprenorphine, methadone and extended-release naltrexone are prescribed to Medicaid patients following emergency department (ED) visits for opioid overdose. The team examined treatment initiation...
U-M participates in medical research funding rally in Washington, D.C.
Advocates for increased medical research funding visiting congressional members and held a rally this week in Washington, D.C. to share the importance of sustained and robust federal contributions. U-M's own Limi Sharif, a 4th-year medical student, was onsite to...
Media Mention: NIH Research Spotlights: September 2023
Positive impacts of an adaptive digital health intervention for patients prescribed opioid analgesics Overdose deaths involving opioid analgesic (OA) misuse comprised 80% of overdose deaths in the United States in 2021. Patients at risk of OA misuse can be screened...
Media Mention: Lifesaving addiction medications are rarely started following opioid overdose emergencies
Could future opioid overdoses, fatalities and other harms of opioid addiction be prevented if hospital emergency departments made better use of effective medications for opioid addiction? A team of University of Michigan researchers thinks so. Learn more Additional...
Media Mention: Researchers flash forward with psychedelics at M-PsyC
Medical experts disagree about the effectiveness and safety of cannabis products, which are not regulated for dosage, content, and purity in the same way as prescription drugs. Laws allow medical cannabis for pain and other ailments, but physicians lacking in formal...
OPEN overcomes barriers to identifying, caring for surgical patients at risk of substance use in Michigan hospitals
Most Americans will have at least one surgery in their life and potentially be prescribed opioids for postsurgical pain management, and 6-10% of surgical patients will continue to use opioids months after a surgery. On average, 9.7 million Americans a year misuse...
Experts: Chronic pain patients who take opioids need better care & coverage
Consensus forms around need for more access and coordination for multi-modal pain care, and better training for providers to provide that care The pendulum of opioid prescribing for pain has swung sharply in the last decade, as the epidemic of opioid overuse,...
U-M partners with Zingerman’s to expand access to naloxone
In an effort to expand opioid overdose reversal medication throughout the state, the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor’s Zingerman’s Community of Businesses have announced the launch of a restaurant-based pilot program in Michigan to...