Sentences with phrase «of opioid use»

The team also noted that they did not see decreased rates of opioid use among high - risk groups such as the disabled.

However, little is known about long - term patterns of opioid use after joint - replacement surgery.

They urge further studies to assess the clinical outcomes of opioid use by under - 65 disabled workers and factors associated with chronic opioid use.

Many states adopted legislation this year in response to mounting concern over high levels of opioid use.

As a growing concern, researchers look to new tools to help patients with this side effect of opioid use and aging.

The current epidemic of opioid use has been called the worst drug crisis in American history with associated overdose deaths building across the nation.

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.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and state health financing agencies should also remove impediments to full coverage of medications approved by the FDA for treatment of opioid use disorder.

The report, requested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), says it is possible to stem the still - escalating prevalence of opioid use disorder and other opioid - related harms without foreclosing access to opioids for patients suffering from pain whose providers have prescribed these drugs responsibly.

With an on / off history of opioid use, the 20 - year - old decided to self - medicate with her «tried - and - true method» of stabilization: heroin.

The regional prevalence of opioid use among SSDI recipients ranged from 33.0 to 58.6 percent; chronic use ranged from 14.0 to 36.6 percent.

Nearly 20 per cent of Canadians say they themselves have been prescribed opioids in the last five years January 11, 2018 — The thousands of deaths across Canada as a result of opioid use and addiction has been a dominating

Thursday's announcement is part of a larger state effort to combat the spread of opioid use.

«Opioids before surgery means higher costs, more problems afterward, study finds: Research suggests that patients and physicians should be aware of opioid use before elective operations like hysterectomy and bariatric surgery.»

Efforts to this end should be carried out with particular intensity in communities with a high burden of opioid use disorder.

The researchers analyzed data from the 2012 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services to compare county - level distributions of opioid use disorder rates with opioid treatment programs that accept Medicaid.

Our study found that several things increased an infant's risk, including the duration of opioid use, the type of prescription opioid, how many cigarettes a woman smoked and if they used a common antidepressant medicine called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.»

For example, after taking account of other potentially influential factors, each opioid prescription refill was associated with a 44 % increase in misuse and each additional week of opioid use was associated with a 20 % increase in opioid misuse among these patients.

Co-author Dr. Lynn Taylor, an associate professor of medicine at Brown and physician at the Miriam Hospital, said the clear overlap of opioid use and hepatitis C infection requires a tightly coupled public health effort.

As public health officials worry that the increase of opioid use among young adults has helped to spread the hepatitis C virus to a new generation, a study in Rhode Island finds that while screening is common, the follow - up measures needed to stop the spread of the virus are significantly less so.

The study is the first head - to - head safety and efficacy trial of buprenorphine implants and daily sublingual buprenorphine on long - term remission of opioid use disorder in patients who were previously stabilized on 8 mg or less of sublingual buprenorphine.

«The continuing opioid epidemic despite state and federal actions highlights the need for people to continue supporting community - wide education on the risks and limitations of opioids, starting in medical and nursing schools, on safe opioid prescribing and how to recognize signs of opioid use disorder.»

«Emergency radiologists see inner toll of opioid use disorders.»

The nature of opioid use disorder, Rich says, makes incarcerated populations especially vulnerable to overdose.

The high prevalence and intensity of opioid use among SSDI recipients parallels the preponderance of musculoskeletal disorders, such as back pain — some type of musculoskeletal condition was present in 94 percent of chronic opioid users.

«We've always known that electronic dance music party attendees are at high risk for use of club drugs such as ecstasy or Molly, but we wanted to know the extent of opioid use in this population,» said CDUHR researcher Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH, the study's lead author and an associate professor of population health at NYU School of Medicine.

The set of 16 recommendations, published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, provides guidance about when to use opioids versus other pain management methods, with the goal of improving the safety of opioid use during the hospital stay and managing opioid use upon discharge.

A review of Minnesota's unexplained death database revealed 59 cases with evidence of opioid use.

Dr. Goesling and her team analyzed patterns of opioid use in 574 patients undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery (arthroplasty).

Consistent with reports of an «opioid epidemic» in the United States, the results showed high and rising prevalence of opioid use by SSDI recipients.

«Negative emotions» linked to higher rates of opioid use in sickle cell disease.»

One in five inmates at the Hennepin County jail last December self - reported a history of opioid use or abuse; an «astonishing» number said they'd overdosed, Sheriff Rich Stanek said Tuesday.

Such education should involve mandating pain - related education for all health professionals who provide care to people with pain, requiring and providing basic training in the treatment of opioid use disorder for health care providers, and training prescribers and pharmacists to recognize and counsel patients who are at risk for opioid use disorder or overdose.

«High prevalence of opioid use by social security disability recipients.»

The study's researchers analyzed clusters of data to pinpoint rates of opioid use disorder and corresponding rates of treatment providers that accept Medicaid across the country.

Rates of opioid use, including fatal overdoses, have increased sharply over the past decade.

The study, published in Health Services Research, found that large portions of the Southeast don't have enough opioid treatment programs to match their high rates of opioid use disorder, or OUD.

Dr. Connery's expertise includes the treatment of opioid use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders.

Dr. Connery's expertise includes treatment of opioid use disorders and co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders.

The Michigan researchers examined whether using medical cannabis for chronic pain changed patterns of opioid use.

The ASAM National Practice Guideline and associated resources provide information on evidence - based treatment of opioid use disorder.