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 access helps address opioid use disorder (Rebecca Haffajee)
- Don’t Just Blame Drug Companies for the Opioid Crisis… (Rebecca Haffajee)
- Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Takedown Results in Charges Against 60 Individuals, Including 53 medical Professionals
- FDA approves first generic naloxone nasal spray to treat opioid overdose
- FDA Statement on opioid analgesic labeling changes to give providers better information for how to properly taper patients who are physically dependent on opioids
- Stakeholders Agree: Modernize the Privacy Laws to Combat Opioid Epidemic – Part 2 Coalition Applauds Bipartisan Bills to Strengthen Addiction Treatment
- NIH funds study in four states to reduce opioid related deaths by 40 percent over three years
- FDA launches public education campaign to encourage safe removal of unused opioid pain medicines from homes
Resources
- NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids – A New Adaptive Learning Module
- The Opioid Prescribing Rate and Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: State and County Level Analysis
- Opioids in the Workplace: NIOSH Extramural Research
- Notes from the Field: Deaths from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System with Detected—27 States, July 2016—December 2017
- Identifying Opioid Prescribing Patterns for High-Volume Prescribers via Cluster Analysis
- Treatment for Acute Pain: An Evidence Map
- Defining opioid misuse and abuse
- New FREE Continuing Education from MMWR and Medscape: Drug Overdose Deaths Among Women Aged 30–64 Years — United States, 1999–2017