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Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 2020
Increases in opioid prescribing over the last several decades is correlated with an alarming increase in opioid-related morbidity and mortality owing to both prescription opioid misuse and abuse as well as heroin abuse. Prescribing after surgery is commonly in excess, and leftover pills are an important driver of opioid use disorders owing to diversion
Lily A, Upp, Jennifer F, Waljee
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Increases in opioid prescribing over the last several decades is correlated with an alarming increase in opioid-related morbidity and mortality owing to both prescription opioid misuse and abuse as well as heroin abuse. Prescribing after surgery is commonly in excess, and leftover pills are an important driver of opioid use disorders owing to diversion
Lily A, Upp, Jennifer F, Waljee
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Critical Care Clinics, 2020
In recent years the prescription opioid overdose epidemic has decreased, but has been more than offset by increases in overdose caused by fentanyl and fentanyl analogues. Opioid overdose patients should receive naloxone if they have significant respiratory depression and/or loss of protective airway reflexes.
Eric J, Lavonas, Cameron, Dezfulian
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In recent years the prescription opioid overdose epidemic has decreased, but has been more than offset by increases in overdose caused by fentanyl and fentanyl analogues. Opioid overdose patients should receive naloxone if they have significant respiratory depression and/or loss of protective airway reflexes.
Eric J, Lavonas, Cameron, Dezfulian
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Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2015
The past few decades have seen an alarming rise in opioid use in the United States, and the negative consequences from diversion of opioids for nontherapeutic use are dramatically increasing. A significant number of orthopaedic patients are at risk for repercussions from both therapeutic and nontherapeutic opioid use. Orthopaedic surgeons are the third
Paul Levin, Hassan R. Mir
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The past few decades have seen an alarming rise in opioid use in the United States, and the negative consequences from diversion of opioids for nontherapeutic use are dramatically increasing. A significant number of orthopaedic patients are at risk for repercussions from both therapeutic and nontherapeutic opioid use. Orthopaedic surgeons are the third
Paul Levin, Hassan R. Mir
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
JAMA, 2015Afteralcohol intoxication,opioidsare themostcommoncause ofpoisoninginpatientspresentingtoNorthAmericanemergency departments.1Mostopioidsmisusedbypatientsoriginate from prescriptionmedication.Most patientswhooverdoseonprescription opioids are taking their medications differently thanprescribedorareusingopioidsprescribedtosomeoneelse.
Lewis S, Nelson +2 more
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2023
Opioid misuse is now a worldwide epidemic and major public health issue with widespread implications. This fascinating book provides a collection of compelling arguments on how the course of the opioid epidemic can be changed. It offers an overview of the historical origins of opioid addiction, a summary of the current state of the worldwide epidemic ...
Jahangir Moini +3 more
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Opioid misuse is now a worldwide epidemic and major public health issue with widespread implications. This fascinating book provides a collection of compelling arguments on how the course of the opioid epidemic can be changed. It offers an overview of the historical origins of opioid addiction, a summary of the current state of the worldwide epidemic ...
Jahangir Moini +3 more
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Pregnancy and the Opioid Epidemic
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2018Opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnancy is increasing, which often results in poor maternal and neonatal outcomes including neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) as a result of lack of prenatal care and inadequate substance use disorder management.
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Acupuncture and the Opioid Epidemic in America
Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2018The opioid epidemic has become a signifificant public health crisis in the United States of America. This crisis has elicited a response at high levels of governmental and health care organizations including the American College of Physicians, the Food and Drug Administration, the Joint Commission, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and ...
Chang-Zhen, Gong, Wei, Liu
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The Opioid Epidemic in Indian Country
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2018The national opioid epidemic is severely impacting Indian Country. In this article, we draw upon data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to describe the contours of this crisis among Native Americans. While these data are subject to significant limitations, we show that Native American opioid overdose mortality rates have grown ...
Robin T, Tipps +2 more
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The Opioid Epidemic in West Virginia
The Health Care Manager, 2019The rate of overdose related to the use of licit and illicit opioids has drastically increased over the last decade in the United States. The epicenter has been West Virginia with the highest rates of overdoses accounting for 41.5 deaths per 100 000 people among the 33 091 deaths in 2015.
Rachel, Merino +3 more
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The Opioid Epidemic: America's Epidemic.
Instructional course lectures, 2020The opioid epidemic in the United States has changed how medicine is practiced. There are tools and resources available to help the surgeon understand pain and provide appropriate pain management. Understanding pain, setting expectations, and diagnosing underlying medical dispositions that can lead to opioid addiction should become standard practice ...
Megan, Conti Mica +3 more
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