Overcoming opioid addiction is possible, but challenging savita thakur thakur28 May 2016 3:54 PM ISTA team of researchers has recently surveyed patients to understand barriers to reducing the use of opioids to manage chronic pain.Millions of...
Surgery found to increase risk of chronic opioid use : Stanford study supriya kashyap kashyap12 July 2016 2:11 PM ISTA study of health insurance claims showed that patients undergoing 11 of the most common types of surgery were at an increased risk of becoming...
Chronic back pain linked to illicit drug use savita thakur thakur22 July 2016 1:42 PM ISTPeople living with chronic low back pain (cLBP) are more likely to use illicit drugs -- including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine --...
Prescription opioid use disorder on rise among adults supriya kashyap kashyap11 Oct 2016 9:19 AM ISTNew York : Prescription opioid use disorder adults using prescription opioids for non-medical purposes has been on the rise in the past few years, a...
Scientists develop vaccine against opioid overdose supriya kashyap kashyap28 Nov 2016 1:06 PM ISTNew York : Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in the US have developed a vaccine that appears to decrease the risk of fatal opioid...
Mental illness linked to increased risk of long-term opioid use supriya kashyap kashyap31 Dec 2016 1:07 PM ISTA study has found that pre-existing depression or anxiety disorders and the use of psychoactive drugs can increase the risk leading to long-term use...
Painkillers without dangerous side effects supriya kashyap kashyap8 March 2017 9:28 AM ISTResearchers from Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a new way of developing painkillers. The team of researchers used computational...
Internists issue recommendations for preventing and treating substance use disorders supriya kashyap kashyap29 March 2017 12:45 PM ISTThe American College of Physicians (ACP) released a paper with a comprehensive set of public policy recommendations for the prevention and treatment...
Opioid abuse following urologic surgery documented: Journal of Urology Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Jun 2017 12:41 PM ISTMAYWOOD, IL - About 1 in 1,111 patients who undergo urologic surgery for conditions such as prostate cancer and kidney stones experience opioid...
Clinical trial looks at tramadol for opioid withdrawal: JAMA Psychiatry supriya kashyap kashyap16 July 2017 9:58 AM ISTA randomized clinical trial published by JAMA Psychiatry compared tramadol extended-release with clonidine and buprenorphine for the management of...
Gabapentin co-use may increase risk of fatal opioid overdose Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTCo-prescription of the anticonvulsant gabapentin is associated with an increased risk of opioid-related death in people who are prescribed opioid...
Multimodal pain management reduces Opioid use in Hip and knee replacement by one-third Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Oct 2017 7:00 PM ISTOpioid use in patients recovering from hip and knee replacement decreased by one-third between 2006 and 2014, reflecting success in efforts to promote...
