Direct-to-Doctor Payments May Increase Opioid Prescribing
Physicians who receive direct pharmaceutical payments for opioid prescribing prescribe more opioids, especially hydrocodone and oxycodone.
Pain Management
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Also Benefits Chronic Pain
For patients with chronic pain (CP), both mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) improve physical functioning, pain intensity, and depression.
CDC: Opioid Prescribing Higher in Rural Versus Urban Areas
The percentage of individuals prescribed an opioid is higher in rural than urban areas.
FDA Approves Two New Strengths of Apadaz for Pain Management
Apadaz was initially approved in February 2018 as 6.12mg/325mg immediate-release tablets for the short-term (no more than 14 days) management of acute pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate.
How to Avoid Opioid Addiction After Surgery
If you prescribe opioids to your patients, be sure to help them avoid addiction.
Ultrarestrictive Opioid Rx Protocol Cuts Postoperative Opioid Use
An ultrarestrictive opioid prescription protocol can reduce the number of opioids prescribed to patients after gynecologic and abdominal surgery without negative health consequences.
Pain Management Telementoring May Cut Opioid Prescribing
Military patients whose primary care clinicians participated in a telementoring program have larger declines in opioid-related prescriptions than patients whose clinicians did not participate.
FDA Issues Safety Alert Regarding Intrathecal Delivery of Pain Meds
The FDA has issued a safety communication regarding the risks associated with implanted pumps for intrathecal administration of pain medications.
Quantity of Opioids Prescribed Postop Linked to Consumption
The quantity of opioids prescribed after surgery is associated with patient-reported opioid consumption.
US Opioid Overdose Deaths Reach Record Number
The number of opioid overdose deaths in the United States reached a new record last year with 72,000 deaths, which works out to about 200 a day.
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