Sentences with phrase «current opioid addiction»

Beverly Fishman's wall reliefs are seemingly sleek abstract compositions that mimic prescription drugs and medications like Prozac and Xanax, referencing the current opioid addiction crisis.

A pre-clinical study led by Indiana University scientists reports a promising step forward in the search for pain relief methods without the addictive side effects behind the country's current opioid addiction crisis.

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«Given the current state of the opioid overdose epidemic, it is critical that patients seeking help for opioid addiction have access to comprehensive treatment that includes highly effective medications whose effects may be enhanced with the provision of psychosocial interventions,» according to the report by Karen Dugosh, PhD, of Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, and colleagues

Even as current research demonstrates that hospitalized patients» exposure to opioids has contributed to the nationwide addiction epidemic, there is little guidance on the safe prescribing of these pain killers in the inpatient, non-operative setting.