Sentences with phrase «of opioid abuse»

In their latest response to the epidemic of opioid abuse, state lawmakers are indulging a habit - forming practice of their own: imposing mandates on health insurance.

Patients were assessed for risk of opioid abuse and called once a month for six months to monitor their pain level and opioid compliance.

Also discussed were issues of opioid abuse, treatment and response; the need for better cell service and broadband and the securing resources for law enforcement.

More people are dying of opioid abuse and accidental overdose than ever before.

The new paper, «The Critical Care Crisis of Opioid Overdoses in the United States» published online ahead of print in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society is believed to be the first to quantify the impact of opioid abuse on critical care resources in the U.S..

Statistics from the Kaiser Family Foundation show a growing epidemic of opioid abuse in the United States over the last 15 years.

States have begun to address the effects of opioid abuse on families and child safety in many different ways.

«With over eighty percent of New Yorkers saying that doctors over-prescribing opioids and allowing patients access to too many pain pills are at least somewhat responsible for the current level of opioid abuse, it is concerning, but not surprising, that among those that were prescribed, a quarter admit that they were given too many pills and nearly two - thirds didn't take the entire prescription.

Published online today ahead of print in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, the study is believed to be the first to quantify the impact of opioid abuse on critical care resources in the United States.

Opioid usage has dropped every year since 2011, fueled by stricter regulation around opioid prescription, changes in clinical usage, and greater public awareness about the dangers of opioid abuse, according to the report.

Clinton said in an interview that the Church at large can collaborate with others in the community «to intervene in the lives of those trapped in a destructive cycle of opioid abuse and addiction... churches [can] provide encouragement and support to their community's counseling professionals, emergency services, and health and civic leaders that are dealing directly with those impacted by the crisis.»

We need to hold the line on property taxes, continue helping Superstorm Sandy victims get back in their homes, work to increase aid to our local public schools, and fight the scourge of opioid abuse that has plagued Long Island.

The news from Albany of an opioid abuse legislation agreement is being hailed in Western New York by many who are on the front lines in the fight against opioid addiction.

While campaigning in New Hampshire, Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton said prohibitively expensive education, lack of support for families coping with Alzheimer's disease, and the rising tide of opioid abuse are among problems she hears most commonly on the trail.

Additional numbers included in the survey found 80 percent of state residents agreeing the United States is in the middle of an opioid epidemic and 83 percent think the problem of opioid abuse has gotten worse over the past few years.

Central New York Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) talks about a recently passed bill that expands prevention, education and treatment of opioid abuse and reforms federal punishment related to opioid possession.

But law enforcement officials conceded this week that collecting data remains a work in progress and the report likely undercounts the true toll of opioid abuse in the region.

«Risk profiling is key to managing pain in era of opioid abuse: Social dynamics, family history critical to identifying those most likely to abuse pain medicines.»

These data not only document the scope of the opioid abuse epidemic, they also reveal its complexity.

It can be frustrating at best, debilitating at worst, and it's one of the reasons the U.S. is facing a wave of opioid abuse.

On the issue of opioid abuse, Perini said he would use what is known that the «Kingpin» statute to get penalties of 25 years to life for drug sellers he said were responsible for 400 overdose deaths last year.

But how prevalent hyperalgesia is, and whether it plays a role in the U.S. epidemic of opioid abuse and overdose, is unclear.

«While nearly half of those that have been close to opioid abuse say that it is either somewhat or very easy to access treatment, at rates considerably higher than those that have not suffered the effects of opioid abuse, they say that problems with insurance coverage, treatment length or follow - up and available beds are standing in the way of accessing treatment,» Levy said.

The over-prescribing of opioids by doctors was cited most often in the survey as a factor contributing to the current level of opioid abuse.

Bill Hammond: «In their latest response to the epidemic of opioid abuse, state lawmakers are indulging a habit - forming practice of their own: imposing mandates on health insurance.»

Saratoga County, just like Rensselaer County, has a coalition to address the issues of opioid abuse.

«This study demonstrates the benefits of careful monitoring of chronic pain patients and the need for pain management support within the primary care setting so that clinicians can make informed treatment decisions and gain confidence in addressing the risks of opioid abuse,» said Robert N. Jamison PhD, chief psychologist at the Pain Management Center at BWH, and the corresponding author of the study.

As health providers struggle to curb the epidemic of opioid abuse, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found that 65 percent of emergency department (ED) physicians surveyed underestimated how often they prescribed the highly addictive pain killers to patients.

To help bolster its campaign against an epidemic of opioid abuse that now kills about 90 people a day, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year called for help from an independent advisory panel.

Senators Edward Markey (D — MA) and Joe Manchin (D — WV) have both used the nomination as a chance to express frustration with FDA over its response of the epidemic of opioid abuse — to argue that the agency has been too permissive in its approval of prescription opioids, and has failed to consult its scientific advisory board in those decisions.

Buprenorphine is a critical part of treatment for the growing epidemic of opioid abuse — but also carries the potential for misuse and diversion.

The question of whether marijuana can help treat chronic pain is important enough on its own, but Lindley's study takes on extra significance in the context of the ongoing epidemic of opioid abuse.

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