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2 days ago · Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic, released in 2019, takes a closer look at the role medical professionals play in the opioid crisis. This documentary reveals systemic issues that contribute to the widespread over-prescription of opioid medications. It highlights how these practices have devastating consequences for patients and their families.
1 day ago · The Fifty. Opioid deaths rose 50 percent during the pandemic. In these places, they fell. A federal plan to promote treatment and distribute overdose reversal drugs showed promise.
9 hours ago · Amid concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic might have led to increases in opioid prescribing, a new study from researchers at the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, University of Oxford, demonstrates how the OpenSAFELY database can be used to conduct detailed analyses of opioid prescribing practices, in line with key recommendations from recent NHS England guidance aimed at preventing ...
9 hours ago · The University of Cincinnati's John Winhusen and Caroline Freiermuth discussed the evidence-based practices implemented during the HEALing Communities Study to fight the opioid epidemic with Spectrum News. The national effort to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths has laid the groundwork for more widely available opioid use disorder treatment ...
3 days ago · Prisons expose a greater problem shared across America, too: a profound lack of public health and harm reduction services for people struggling with substance abuse. Nationwide, only 20% of adults with opioid addiction received medication in 2021, and 64% went without any treatment.
1 day ago · The Biden-Harris Administration should do even more to fund opioid-related prevention, treatment, eradication, and interdiction efforts to save lives in the United States. The 2022 Executive Order to Address the Opioid Epidemic and Support Recovery awarded $1.5 billion to states and territories to expand treatment access, enhance services in rural communities, and fund law enforcement efforts.
2 days ago · Explore the role of non-opioid painkillers as an alternative in the fight against the opioid epidemic. Learn how these medications can help in managing pain effectively and reducing the risk...
