Opioids

More access to this life-saving medication is essential

Only 16% of discharge doses were within 5 MME of inpatient daily consumption, study showed

Fentanyl involved in nearly all deaths with the powerful animal sedative

Australian trial finds no difference in pain scores over 6 weeks

Almost all procedures had an increase in both types of prescribing, Medicare data showed

A Narcan kind of weekend

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Delegates also examine role in preventing border wall injuries and recidivism in jails, prisons

OTC agents are not safe alternatives to prescription opioids, study suggests

In non-responsive patients, think polysubstance use, says addiction treatment expert Kelly Ramsey

But critics say the HALT Fentanyl Act is the wrong way to approach the problem

Black women less likely to start buprenorphine

Longer-acting nasal spray to be available by end of the year

It comes down to funding -- but it's time for that to change