A program providing group support, acupuncture, mindfulness, massage and gentle exercise may offer safe, extra relief to patients on prescription
Category: Opioids
Prescription opioid overdose deaths falling in Iowa; synthetics and heroin spike new concern
Stronger regulation and efforts to prescribe fewer opioids have helped reduce overdose deaths in Iowa, but an Iowa State University
Scientists Develop a Long-Lasting Nano-Painkiller which is Less Addictive than Regular Painkillers
The so-called opioid epidemic which recently developed in the United States and Canada has put pressure on researchers to come
Does Opioid Use in Pets Create Higher Risk for Abuse in Humans
The increase in opioid prescriptions for people over the past decade may have been paralleled by an increase in opioid
Opioid-Related Suicides and Overdose Deaths Have More Than Doubled Since 2000
Suicides and drug overdoses kill American adults at twice the rate today as they did just nearly two decades ago,
First smartphone app to detect opioid overdose and its precursors
At least 115 people die every day in the U.S. after overdosing on opioids, according to the National Institute on Drug
Taking on the opioid epidemic
Grace Bagwell Adams experienced a number of firsts the day she welcomed her daughter Bonnie into the world. She was
Child deaths from opioids nearly tripled in recent years, says Yale study
Close to 9,000 children and teens in the United States died from opioid poisonings over the last two decades, representing
After naloxone, when can opioid overdose patients be safely discharged from the Emergency Department? Study confirms one-hour rule
Naloxone has saved thousands of lives. But can patients be safely discharged from the Emergency Department (ED) just an hour
Dangers of painkiller drugs
Commonly prescribed painkillers need to be given for shorter periods of time to reduce the risk of obesity and sleep
