Search results for "Opioids"
Education program for prescribing opioids now available
ACP and its curriculum partner Pri-Med have launched “SAFE Opioid Prescribing,” an online training program to educate clinicians about safety and efficacy when prescribing opioids.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/24/5.htm
24 Jul 2013
Linking inpatient and outpatient buprenorphine treatment reduced opioid abuse
A program that started hospitalized, opioid-dependent patients on buprenorphine and linked them to outpatient care effectively reduced their illicit opioid use, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/09/4.htm
9 Jul 2014
Buprenorphine often discontinued around surgery despite risks
A retrospective cohort study of Veterans Affairs patients who were prescribed buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder in 2018 and hospitalized after major surgery found that about two-thirds experienced a perioperative buprenorphine dose hold.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/29/3.htm
29 Sep 2021
Emergency department visits up for nonmedical use of opioids, benzodiazepines
Little difference between antibiotics in treating acute exacerbation of COPD
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/3.htm
23 Jun 2010
Shifting opioids from IV to subcu
One hospital unit found a simple strategy to help combat the opioid epidemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/success-story-shifting-opioids-from-iv-to-subcu.htm
15 Aug 2018
May 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/
Opioid manufacturers told to develop physician, patient education
As part of a new federal effort to reduce prescription drug abuse in the U.S., the FDA will begin requiring a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for all extended-release and long-acting opioid medications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/27/6.htm
27 Apr 2011
December 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/
September 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/
Reproductive-age women widely prescribed opioid medications
Opioid-containing medications are widely prescribed among reproductive-age women with either private insurance or Medicaid, with approximately one-fourth of privately insured and more than one-third of Medicaid-enrolled women filling a prescription for an opioid each year from 2008 to 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/04/4.htm
4 Feb 2015