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Researchers find alarming risk for people coming off chronic opioid prescriptions

Patients on chronic opioid prescriptions were 3x more likely to die of an overdose in the years that followed coming off opioids UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES/UW MEDICINE With a huge push to reduce opioid prescribing, little is known about the real-world benefits or risks to patients.  A recent study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found an alarming outcome: Patients coming off opioids for pain were three times...

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"Mini-suitcases" release drugs or seeds on demand

 Researchers at Western University are developing “mini-suitcases” that can deliver drugs to target areas, and only releasing them when triggered How a drug is delivered to the targeted area can make these weapons more effective against disease. Researchers at Western University are developing polymer coatings for medicine, like “mini-suitcases” that can release drugs exactly when...