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 Brummett)
- ‘That’s a scary moment’: how that first prescription in hospital fueled an opioid epidemic (Chad Brummett)
- Michigan counties struggle to meet need for opioid treatment (Amy Bohnert, Huda Akil)
- Understanding Opioid Prescribing after Surgery (Chad Brummett, Michael Englesbe, Jennifer Waljee, Amy Bohnert, Darrell (Skip) Campbell, Jenna Goesling, Brahmajee Nallamothu, Romesh Nalliah)
- Real Pain Relief, Now! (Daniel Clauw, Jill Schneiderhan)
- Mia Woodward, MD: Opioid Prescribing Post-Corneal Surgery (Mia Woodward)
- How Elizabeth Warren Tackles The Opioid Epidemic In Her Latest Policy Plan (Erin Bonar)
- Opioid addiction drug going mostly to whites, even as black death rate rises (Pooja Lagisetty)
- FDA approves first generic naloxone nasal spray to treat opioid overdose
- PEW: New Naloxone Laws Seek to Prevent Opioid Overdoses
- United States Census: The Opioid Crisis and Grandparents Raising Children
- Over 100 Organizations Join the NAM in Countering the Opioid Epidemic
- Opioid prescription management for pediatric patients with postoperative pain
- CDC Advises Against Misapplication of the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
- Former Purdue Pharma president called addicted people ‘victimizers’ in emails
- Desperate to prevent opioid overdoses, states urge greater prescription of naloxone
- Cocaine deaths up in U.S. and opioids are a big part of it, according to CDC report
Resources
- The Role of Nonpharmacological Approaches to Pain Management: Proceedings of a Workshop
- Meeting recording and slides now available! Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
- Pain Management for People with Serious Illness in the Context of the Opioid Use Disorder Epidemic: Proceedings of a Workshop
- CDC —Partnering Together to Prevent Overdose
- Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants with Abuse Potential — United States, 2003–2017
- Health effects from unintentional occupational exposure to opioids among law enforcement officers: Two case investigations
- NAM: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives