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July 17th 2025
New research links gabapentin use for back pain to increased dementia risk, especially in middle-aged adults.
Physicians, Staff Express Negative Attitudes Toward Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine Use
May 24th 2023The attitudes of community-based opioid use disorder treatment center staff toward the emergency department as a site of initiation were varied, with some feeling that emergency department-initiated buprenorphine may attract patients who were not experiencing life-threatening emergencies.
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Changing the Game: Pharmacy Students' Perspective on Naloxone OTC Approval
To eliminate the existing stigma in the community, addiction must be recognized as a treatable condition rather than an immoral act.
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Pharmacists Can Be a Resource for Cannabis Facts, Adverse Effects, Contraindications for Patients
March 27th 2023More and more data, both from real world analyses and clinical trials, are shedding light on the effective uses of cannabis, as well as the contraindications for its use in patients.
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Prioritizing Patient Pain Before Surgery Can Help Change the Trajectory of the Opioid Epidemic
February 9th 2023Physician outlines the process developed at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center to help manage patient pain before, during, and after surgery without the use of opioids.
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