Identifying, mitigating potential side effects of life saving treatmentGrant and Award Announcement UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MING HU, DIANA S-L. CHOW ENDOWED PROFESSOR OF DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, IS LEADING A TEAM TRYING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF BUPRENORPHINE ON DENTAL HEALTH. IT IS USED TO TREAT OPIOID...
In the study in the journal Pain, researchers divided about 400 participants who had been prescribed long-term opioid treatment for their pain into two groups: one received treatment as usual and another received treatment and access to a self-guided, e-health program. “…NOT ONLY WERE THEY REDUCING OPIOIDS BUT ALSO THEIR PAIN WAS NOT BECOMING WORSE.” Of...
A study conducted in two rural Massachusetts jails found that people with opioid use disorder who were incarcerated and received a medication approved to treat opioid use disorder, known as buprenorphine, were less likely to face rearrest and reconviction after release than those who did not receive the medication. After adjusting the data to account for...
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING IMAGE: SHOSHANA V. ARONOWITZ, Ph.D., MSHP, FNP-BC, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN PENN NURSING’S DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CREDIT: SHOSHANA ARONOWITZ PHILADELPHIA (December 6, 2021) – The majority of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) face access barriers to evidence-based treatment. While the COVID-19 pandemic offered an opportunity to...
About 12 percent of patients who receive implantable cardiac devices such as a pacemaker or defibrillator and fill an opioid prescription after surgery will consistently use the pain medication in the months afterward, raising the potential for addiction following these common procedures and identifying another pathway that could contribute to the national opioid crisis, according...
WILEY Although guidelines do not recommend use of opioids to manage pain for individuals with knee osteoarthritis, a recent study published early online in Arthritis Care & Research, an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Professionals, estimates that 858,000 Americans use opioids such as tramadol and oxycodone for...
