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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.
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...
ORI Faculty Awarded Highest U-M Honor
Dr. Justin Heinze, associate professor of health behavior and health education, School of Public Health has been announced as one of four recipients of the Henry Russel Awards. The Awards are U-M's highest honor for early or mid-career faculty members. Dr. Heinze's...
U-M faculty win 3 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awards for work in pain and opioid research
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the awardees for its national Health Services Research & Development awards. The Department solicits nominations annually for awards to honor exceptional achievement in three specific domains -...
DEA, SAMHSA Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications
On May 9, 2023, ahead of the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the “Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine...
Media Mention: Fentanyl overdose deaths surged 279% since 2016 while heroin deaths fell: CDC
The rate of drug overdose deaths linked to fentanyl in the United States has skyrocketed over the last five years, new federal data showed. The rate of overdose deaths involving fentanyl spiked by 279% between 2016 and 2021 from 5.7 per 100,000 to 21.6 per 100,000,...