OPIOID SOLUTIONS BIWEEKLY NEWS: DECEMBER 14TH – JANUARY 10TH

News

• Neighbor saving neighbor during an opioid crisis using a smartphone
  • Featuring: Gabriela Marcu

Resources

• Biology and Disparities; Opioids and Pancreatic Cancer; Statins and Cardiotoxicity (Medpage)

  CDC Issues Advisory as Drug Overdose Deaths Spike (Medpage)

  Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Program: Awards $25 million for 201 New and Continuing Grants to Prevent Youth Substance Use (CDC)

  Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2019 (NCHS)

  FDA Takes Further Steps to Confront Opioid Crisis Through Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Programs (FDA)

  Gabapentinoids Plus Opioids Up Overdose Risk After Surgery (Medpage)

  Increase in Fatal Drug Overdoses Across the United States Driven by Synthetic Opioids Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (CDC)

  New CDC Training and Resources for Safer Opioid Prescribing (CDC)
  •    Addressing the Opioid Overdose Epidemic in the Emergency Department New Rx Awareness Campaign Resources
  •    Tapering Opioids for Chronic Pain
  •    Risk Factors
  •    Identifying Risks When Prescribing Opioids

  Know the Signs and Get Help for Opioid Addiction: A Pathway to Treatment (CDC)

  One in Five Cancer Patients on Long-Term Opioids Misuse Them (Medpage)

  Op-Ed: Why (and How) We Don’t Prescribe Oxycodone (Medpage)

  Opioid Overdose Deaths Spike; Inpatient Psych Beds Dwindling (Medpage)

  Opioid Overdose Prevention Saves Lives (CDC)

  Overdose Deaths Accelerating During COVID-19 (CDC)

  U.S. Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps (CDC)

  Recommendations for the Overdose Epidemic in the COVID-19 Pandemic (Johns Hopkins)

  Suspected Nonfatal Drug-Related Overdoses Among Youth in the US: 2016–2019 (Pediatrics)

  The MATernaL and Infant NetworK to Understand Outcomes Associated with Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy (MAT-LINK): Surveillance Opportunity (CDC, Journal of Women’s Health)