Sentences with phrase «reduce opioid use»

«People who use medical marijuana more likely to use and misuse other prescription drugs: New study raises questions about cannabis to reduce opioid use.»

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Walmart's offer of free DisposeRX is just the latest in a series of efforts by pharmacies to reduce the risk that opioids will be diverted from their appropriate use as painkillers and abused by either the original customer or another person.

This risk can be reduced by discontinuing codeine after two to three days of use and being aware of symptoms of potential opioid toxicity in both yourself and your baby.

These results suggest that such safety guidelines reduce the risk of neonatal sedation with maternal opioid use.

As with systemic analgesia, use of opioids in an epidural block increases the risk that your baby will experience a change in heart rate, breathing problems, drowsiness, reduced muscle tone, and reduced breastfeeding.

However, improvement in knee or hip pain after joint replacement did not reduce the likelihood of long - term opioid use.

Sara Johnson of Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, who has worked with Adams, said in addition to opioids, his priorities have included reducing the use of tobacco and bringing down the state's infant mortality rate.

A team of researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System recently surveyed patients to understand barriers to reducing the use of opioids to manage chronic pain.

«Acupuncture, electrotherapy after knee replacement associated with reduced and delayed opioid use.»

The declining price of heroin, together with regulatory efforts designed to reduce harms associated with the use of prescription opioids — including the availability of abuse - deterrent formulations — may be contributing to increased heroin use, the report says.

Therefore, a strategy for reducing lawful access to opioids should be coupled with an investment in treatment for the millions who have opioid use disorder.

Although psychological approaches to help patients cope with pain have been used previously, what is novel in this study is the combined use of a specific psychological approach with mindfulness meditation training to help patients wean off high - doses of opioids and reduce their pain - related distress and disability.

In 2006, the ASA released guidelines recommending the use of regional anesthesia, when possible, in patients with sleep apnea undergoing surgery to reduce the use of systemic opioids.

Opponents of medical marijuana argue that such laws increase recreational marijuana use among adolescents, while advocates contend that medical marijuana helps to address the US opioid crisis by reducing overdose deaths.

To test the efficacy of an intervention including buprenorphine, a medication that reduces opioid cravings and helps to prevent relapse to opioid use, the Yale team — lead by D'Onofrio and Dr. David Fiellin, professor of medicine — conducted a randomized trial of more than 300 opioid - dependent individuals in an urban teaching hospital.

«Opioid analgesics reduce use of antipsychotics in persons with Alzheimer's disease.»

They found that patients given the medication buprenorphine were more likely to engage in addiction treatment and reduce their illicit opioid use.

The commentary calls upon health care providers to expand their use of medications to treat opioid addiction and reduce overdose deaths, and describes a number of misperceptions that have limited access to these potentially life - saving medications.

Participants agreed that reducing or discontinuing the use of opioids should be a secondary step, taken only after the physician and patient had the chance to implement less drastic strategies.

«Research suggests that people may be using cannabis as an exit drug to reduce use of substances that are potentially more harmful, such as opioid pain medication,» said the study's lead investigator Zach Walsh, associate professor of psychology at UBC's Okanagan campus.

Addressing opioid prescribing during the acute care period among those patients not using opioids has the greatest potential to reduce the number of new chronic opioid users and minimize unintended distribution of prescription opioids into communities.

There is a shortage of high - quality evidence demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of long - term opioid therapy for the management of chronic pain, and to date, no large - scale studies have assessed strategies for managing and reducing chronic opioid use in real - world clinical settings.

«This pragmatic trial will provide important information on ways to reduce or eliminate chronic opioid use in those individuals who are not benefiting from opioids or wish to reduce the dose they are taking,» Archer said.

TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- Patients who are first - time users of pain - killing opioids should be prescribed a small dose without refills to reduce the risk of long - term use and possible addiction, a new study suggests.

This brand is made with 2 active ingredients, a drug often used to block opioids and a drug that helps decrease appetite and reduce the risk of depression.

This medication blocks a particular type of opioid receptor and has been used for many years as treatment for a narcotic overdose and to reduce the incidence of relapse in alcoholism and opiate addiction.

Using two or more pain control methods after hip and knee replacement surgery rather than opioid painkillers alone reduces risks to patients, a new study finds.

In November, a presidential commission headed by Mr. Trump's one - time political rival for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, issued a 56 - recommendation report that included calls for the federal government to set up drug courts across the U.S., retrain medical prescribers on opioid use and reduce incentives for doctors to offer the powerful painkillers.

Claims that medical cannabis use has reduced opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been challenged by a University -LSB-...]

The adjunctive use of opioid antagonists to reduce dissociative symptoms with a specific focus on stabilization and EMDR processing.

Community detoxification is a treatment option that supports people to reduce or stop their use of opioids, benzodiazepines or z hypnotics through an organised process involving key workers and prescribing doctors within the community.