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Study: NJ Patient Notification Act Paying Dividends
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Study: NJ Patient Notification Act Paying Dividends
04/28/2020
A New Jersey law enacted in 2017 that requires practitioners to discuss opioid pain medications’ potential for addiction with patients and to also discuss non-opioid alternatives when available appears to be making an impact, according to...
A New Jersey law enacted in 2017 that requires practitioners to discuss opioid pain medications’ potential for addiction with patients and to also discuss non-opioid alternatives when available appears to be making an impact, according to...
A New Jersey law enacted in 2017...
04/28/2020
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Opioid Alternatives, Technology Help Vets Manage Pain
04/14/2020
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has reduced the number of opioid prescriptions written for veterans by 56% over the past eight years. Moving forward, a combination of technology and alternatives to opioids will be critical to helping...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has reduced the number of opioid prescriptions written for veterans by 56% over the past eight years. Moving forward, a combination of technology and alternatives to opioids will be critical to helping...
The U.S. Department of Veterans...
04/14/2020
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Data Show Excessive Prescribing of Opioids by Dentists Common
02/06/2020
Research covering the period from 2011-2015 has found that around half of opioid prescriptions written by dentists exceeded the three-day supply recommended in pain management guidelines for the profession.
Research covering the period from 2011-2015 has found that around half of opioid prescriptions written by dentists exceeded the three-day supply recommended in pain management guidelines for the profession.
Research covering the period...
02/06/2020
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Rx Summit Spotlight: Florida Facility at the Epicenter of America’s Pain
02/05/2020
As a professor at West Virginia University, John Temple saw firsthand how opioids were decimating his state. Curious as to how prescription pain medications had become so pervasive, he traveled south to the source of so many. In “American...
As a professor at West Virginia University, John Temple saw firsthand how opioids were decimating his state. Curious as to how prescription pain medications had become so pervasive, he traveled south to the source of so many. In “American...
As a professor at West Virginia...
02/05/2020
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Rx Summit Spotlight: Dual Focus on Opioids and Stimulants Grows Urgent
01/27/2020
The two main conclusions of the Emerging Threats Report 2019 from the National Emerging Threats Initiative (NETI) likely will not surprise many who are involved in anti-drug efforts: The trend that fueled the opioid crisis has peaked and...
The two main conclusions of the Emerging Threats Report 2019 from the National Emerging Threats Initiative (NETI) likely will not surprise many who are involved in anti-drug efforts: The trend that fueled the opioid crisis has peaked and...
The two main conclusions of the...
01/27/2020
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Massachusetts Service Equips Providers to Address Cases Around Pain, Addiction
12/11/2019
Over the past year, Massachusetts physicians have increasingly taken advantage of a consultation service to assist them with challenges involved in treating patients with chronic pain, substance use disorders, or the particularly vexing...
Over the past year, Massachusetts physicians have increasingly taken advantage of a consultation service to assist them with challenges involved in treating patients with chronic pain, substance use disorders, or the particularly vexing...
Over the past year,...
12/11/2019
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NCAD West: Focus on Function When Treating Chronic Pain
10/24/2019
All pain is real, Mel Pohl, MD, DFASAM, told NCAD West attendees on Thursday afternoon in Denver. But, as he went on to explain during his session, the way acute pain and chronic pain affect patients’ bodies are different, and they need to be...
All pain is real, Mel Pohl, MD, DFASAM, told NCAD West attendees on Thursday afternoon in Denver. But, as he went on to explain during his session, the way acute pain and chronic pain affect patients’ bodies are different, and they need to be...
All pain is real, Mel Pohl, MD,...
10/24/2019
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Physicians Struggle to Manage Dual Issues of Pain and Addiction
10/16/2019
Physicians are finding themselves caught in two dilemmas affecting them at the same time: the need to better understand treatment options for patients with opioid use disorders, and the issue of how to assist pain patients who suddenly feel...
Physicians are finding themselves caught in two dilemmas affecting them at the same time: the need to better understand treatment options for patients with opioid use disorders, and the issue of how to assist pain patients who suddenly feel...
Physicians are finding...
10/16/2019
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Cure-All or Snake Oil? Be Prepared for Patient Questions on CBD
08/29/2019
Bari Platter, MS, RN, received an important reminder of the unknowns around cannabidiol (CBD) when someone recommended to her mother that she take edible CBD for pain she was experiencing before surgery. Platter, a clinical nurse specialist...
Bari Platter, MS, RN, received an important reminder of the unknowns around cannabidiol (CBD) when someone recommended to her mother that she take edible CBD for pain she was experiencing before surgery. Platter, a clinical nurse specialist...
Bari Platter, MS, RN, received...
08/29/2019
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Michigan Surgical Patients Succeed With Fewer Prescribed Opioids
08/21/2019
A study in which Michigan surgical patients received reduced amounts of opioids post-surgery has found that the change did not result in an overall worsening of pain or patient satisfaction.
A study in which Michigan surgical patients received reduced amounts of opioids post-surgery has found that the change did not result in an overall worsening of pain or patient satisfaction.
A study in which Michigan...
08/21/2019
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