Pain Management

Analysis indicates that there was a larger increase of filled prescriptions for individuals who delivered by cesarean birth.

Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD, FAPhA, a clinical professor for the college of pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island, discusses harm reduction and substance use disorder treatment.

Some specialty pharmacy programs are even using electronic medical records to send survey tools to patients.

Before tapering patients treated for cancer off of opioids, care providers should first establish what the goals of tapering are.

FDA action allows for OTC naloxone (Narcan) to be sold directly to consumers in pharmacies, convenience stores, grocery stores, gas stations, and online.

Currently, APHA has a policy on its books that opposes both drug legalization and decriminalization.

More 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.

Specifically, non-opioids are often preferred for the management of subacute and chronic pain because of their safety profiles.

As the risk of respiratory depression is elevated with opioid use, the risk of complications from COVID-19 is increased in patients with opioid use disorder.

Children who died from fatal poisoning were often at home and in the presence of an adult.

Persistently pursuing valued goals and adjusting those goals in response to setbacks or obstacles may help explain how some individuals with chronic pain maintain their mental wellbeing.

This action is of considerable significance as it supports the regulation of cannabis and cannabis-derived products as medicine under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Substance use disorder is a significant social, economic, and public health crisis, with far too few individuals receiving the treatment they need, particularly among communities of color.

Health care providers prescribe naloxone to 1 in every 70 patients prescribed a high-dose opioid medication.

Although naloxone is already available without a prescription in all 50 states, not all pharmacies carry it and those that do must keep it behind the counter.

Physician 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.

The film traces the rise and fall of identical twin brothers Chris and Jeff George, who trafficked more than $500 million in opioid pills from their clinics.

Alcohol-related disorders were the most expensive substance type that contributed to total estimated medical cost.

Spinal cord stimulation has been used for 50 years to effectively manage chronic pain without opioids.

Academic, community, first responder, government, and medical leaders call for better options to save lives.

Most individuals who used cannabis to manage their chronic pain reported using it in place of other pain medications, including opioids.

Patients who received the interventions reported improved anxiety and pain levels.

Dental opioid prescriptions are associated with risk of addiction and overdose, but most states are enacting policies that limit the duration of prescriptions for acute pain.

Sarah McDonald, cancer survivor and author of The Cancer Channel, discusses her experience battling 2 different unrelated cancers and the value oncology pharmacists could have provided with a greater presence on her care team.

Psilocybin is derived from certain types of mushrooms and has been proven to affect serotonin receptors.