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Study suggests that health care providers should discuss with patients whether they are using any integrative medicine strategies, which ones, and why.

Health Care Providers Should Counsel Patients on Integrative Medicine Strategies

The suggested wave 4 of the opioid crisis saw high opioid-involved overdose death rates in urban counties and high acceleration of overdose deaths in rural counties, indicating that the opioid crisis worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overdose Deaths Increased in Wave 4 of the Opioid Crisis, Coinciding with the COVID-19 Pandemic

Electroacupuncture was effective for pain control and other symptoms in patients with herpetic neuralgia, though research is limited.

Electroacupuncture Reduces Acute, Chronic Pain for Patients with Herpetic Neuralgia

The pandemic saw reductions in the supply of methadone but no disruption to the supply of more easily accessible buprenorphine, though disparities in supply were observed across states.

COVID-19 Linked with Disruptions to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder

This month, we spoke with Tiago Reis Marques, MD, PhD, CEO of Pasithea Therapeutics, about ketamine and the future of the opioid epidemic.

Pharmacy Focus: Psychedelic Pharmacy - Investigating Ketamine for Chronic Pain Management, Addiction Treatment

Combining tramadol and celecoxib into a co-crystal of celecoxib-tramadol provides peripherally and centrally mediated analgesia.

Clinical Overview: Exploring the Impact of Co-Crystal Celecoxib and Tramadol Combination

The increase in prescriptions for non-opioid pain medications coincided with a significant drop in opioid prescribing over the same period.

Study Finds Non-Opioid Pain Prescriptions Increased Following 2016 CDC Guideline

The increase in gabapentin-related overdose deaths follows a rising trend in overall overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study: Gabapentin-Related Overdose Deaths Increasing, Associated with Opioid Use

Physician’s Choice Joint Support helps with joint flexibility and repair, as well as a healthy inflammatory response.


Daily OTC Pearl: Physician’s Choice Joint Support

Patient education, naloxone training, and monitoring programs make a difference.

Pharmacists Can Help Slow the Opioid Crisis

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