Sentences with phrase «widespread use of opioids»

Widespread use of opioids for pain has led to an epidemic of addiction in the United States.

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The US is suffering from a deadly opioid epidemic, especially in rural areas, thanks to the widespread use of drugs like OxyContin as painkillers.

The use of prescription drugs is becoming so widespread that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi reported more opioid prescriptions than they have residents.

WHEREAS, if not for the distribution of Naloxone to first responders, and widespread training in its use to the general public, the number of opioid related fatalities would have been significantly higher; and

Heroin and opioid use has been recognized as a growing and widespread problem across Westchester County, New York state and the country; the rate of deaths caused by opioids in the county has quadrupled since 2010, according to Westchester officials.

The review traced the treatment of opioid use disorder in the United States dating back to the 1930s, with particular focus beginning with the widespread prescribed use of opioids to address symptoms of chronic pain in the 1990s.

Constant rate infusion pain medications during and after surgery, ketamine drips for chronic pain, widespread use of local anesthesia, including soaker catheters after large surgeries, testicular blocks, line blocks and more aggressive opioid and gabapentin use are all things Gwen helped bring to the table.