Opioid Resource Center
Conference Coverage
Critical care admissions up for pediatric opioid poisonings
ORLANDO – Attempted suicide has represented an increasingly large proportion of these severe poisonings.
Conference Coverage
For OUD patients, ‘a lot of work to be done’
LAS VEGAS – “There is still a lot of diversion, and there are some prescription ‘hot spots’ in the Southeast,” Dr. Karen J. Hartwell said.
From the Journals
U.S. heroin use: Good news, bad news?
Plateau in use might reflect a switch to fentanyl, SAMHSA investigators said.
Conference Coverage
Patients remain satisfied despite reduced use of opioids post partum
GRAPEVINE, TEX. – At one center, trends in opioid use significantly declined from 2017 to 2019, but not at the expense of adequate pain control,...
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC: Opioid prescribing and use rates down since 2010
From the Journals
Rural treatment of opioid use disorder increasingly driven by nonphysician workforce
With physician exodus from rural America, a new cadre of nurse practitioners and physician assistants is providing evidence-based treatment for...
Conference Coverage
In addiction, abusive partners can wreak havoc
SAN DIEGO – Strategies of abusive partners include sabotaging and discrediting their partners’ attempts at recovery, Dr. Carole Warshaw said.
Feature
Survey: Cancer-related pain, opioid use up since 2018
Almost half of patients with cancer did not use anything to manage related symptoms, according to an ASCO poll.
Conference Coverage
Pediatricians uniquely qualified to treat adolescents with opioid use disorder
NEW ORLEANS – Increasing numbers of OUD patients are initiating buprenorphine treatment in the ED.
Conference Coverage
Opioid reduction works after minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
VANCOUVER – Two randomized trials show a reduction in prescribed opiates decreases postoperative usage with no loss...
News from the FDA/CDC
Fentanyl-related deaths show strong regional pattern
Overdose death rates for cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl are high in the East and low in the West.