… ultimately in older adults, their function and ability to live independently is one of the greatest predictors of health. I have patients who unless they take their opioid really cannot get out of bed. And if that small dose of opioid is going to …
Category: OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)
Does expecting more pain make it more intense? Factors associated…
Does expecting more pain make it more intense? Factors associated with the first week pain trajectories after breast cancer surgery. The aim of this study was to identify clinical risk factors for unfavorable pain trajectories after breast cancer surgery in order to better understand the association between pain expectation, psychological distress, and acute postoperative pain.
A ‘civil war’ on painkillers is raging in the medical community
In this June 14, 2011 file photo, various prescription drugs on the automated pharmacy assembly line at Medco Health Solutions in Willingboro, N.J. All three are patients struggling with chronic pain, but what they are describing is not physical agony but a war inside the medical community that is threatening their access to painkillers – and, by extension, their work, their relationships, and their sanity. Two years after the United States saw a record 27,000 deaths involving prescription opioid medications and heroin, doctors and regulators are sharply restricting access to drugs like Oxycontin and Vicodin.
A less addictive opioid? Alabama researchers are working on it
… in the United States, driven mostly by prescription drugs and heroin. Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have called the opioid epidemic a serious health issue. Ananthan had been working with this compound for several …
Steep Rise in Births to U.S. Women Using Opioids
… and recovery services that meet their specialized needs,” said Kana Enomoto, from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). “Programs that provide pregnant women with access to opioid use disorder treatment and …
Ending the opioid epidemic
… 500,000 persons in the United States died from drug overdoses. These casualty figures not only reflect a national health emergency, but are emblematic of a war on the American people. By comparison, approximately the same number of Americans lost …
OxyContin’s global drive: ‘We’re only just getting started’
… that has claimed more than 200,000 lives, the U.S. medical establishment is turning away from painkillers. Top health officials are discouraging primary-care doctors from prescribing them for chronic pain, saying there is no proof that they work …
A New Study Shows a Startling Rise in Deaths From Fentanyl Overdoses
… or OTC drug. Our pill identification tool will display pictures that you can compare to your pill. Talk to health experts and other people like you in WebMD’s Communities. It’s a safe forum where you can create or participate in support groups and …