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A photo of a judges gavel and a photo of William Husel.

<乌鸦传媒>Ohio Doctor Not Guilty of Murdering Patients With High Opioid Doses

Jurors, once at an impasse, found William Husel, DO, not guilty after a week of deliberations

A photo of a senior woman holding a glass of water and a white pill.

<乌鸦传媒>Could NSAIDs Negate Bisphosphonate Benefits?

Women taking clodronate and NSAIDs didn't see a protective effect

<乌鸦传媒>Women, Patients of Color Warning About 'Medical Gaslighting'

Melinda Wenner Moyer on how bias is negatively affecting medical outcomes and research

Bottles of Nucynta tablets, 50 mg, 75 mg, 100 mg over a blurred image of various white pills.

<乌鸦传媒>Turn to Tapentadol in a Post-Oxycodone World?

Next-gen broad-spectrum analgesic markedly reduces adverse effects, including abuse liability

A photo of a teen male with a credit card and line of white powder as seen through a glass coffee table

<乌鸦传媒>Substance Use Disorder Symptoms Follow Teens Into Adulthood

Long-term study finds adolescents do not "recover on their own," as some observers have suggested

AAOS over a photo of McCormick Place in Chicago, IL

<乌鸦传媒>Cannabis Linked to Less Opioid Use in Back Pain, Osteoarthritis

Usage fell by almost 40% in 6 months, although it's not clear if medical pot was the reason

A photo of a woman sitting on a rug and holding her painful foot which is highlighted in red.

<乌鸦传媒>Nerve Damage May Contribute to Long COVID Symptoms

Small-fiber neuropathy may stem from defective immune response to SARS-CoV-2

An overweight woman pours a meal replacement shake in to a glass in her kitchen

<乌鸦传媒>Fibromyalgia Patients See Rapid Benefit From Low-Cal Diet

With marked symptom reduction in just 3 weeks, weight loss not a factor

A photo of a nurse's blue rubber gloved hand touching an IV drip bag in a hospital room

<乌鸦传媒>Thumbs Down for IV Tramadol, FDA Advisers Say

Delayed onset of pain relief remains a concern

A photo of the painting Worldly Skies by Martha A. Sommers, MD.

<乌鸦传媒>Art as a Tool to Manage Pain

Swapping the heating pad for pastels and colored pencils

An illustration of rubber gloved hands breaking free of handcuffs.

<乌鸦传媒>Job, License, and Livelihood on the Line

After diverting drugs, the foundation begins to crack for this nurse

A close up of a prescription bottle of hydrocodone in a man鈥檚 hand

<乌鸦传媒>CDC Proposes New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted

The packaging and blister pack of Cymbalta

<乌鸦传媒>Muddled Picture for Antidepressant as Osteoarthritis Pain Reliever

Trial in primary care setting fails to confirm benefit seen in specialty clinics

A close up of a woman wearing a wrist brace and holding a prescription bottle.

<乌鸦传媒>Does Teen Prescription Drug Misuse Predict Later Substance Abuse?

Misusing prescriptions linked to substance use disorder symptoms by midlife

A close up shot of a nurse鈥檚 blue rubber gloved hand about to drop two red pills into a pocket of their scrubs

<乌鸦传媒>How to Help Nurses With Substance Use Problems Get Help

One of the "worst things" a colleague can do is to say nothing

A close up shot of a nurse鈥檚 blue rubber gloved hand about to drop a vial of morphine sulfate into a pocket of their scrubs

<乌鸦传媒>'Pending Wave' of Nurse Substance Use Problems?

Signs point to deepening issue with alcohol, drugs as nurses battle through the pandemic

A pain scale chart over a photo of a large white capsule laying on other capsules.

<乌鸦传媒>Is 'Big Pharma' To Blame For the Opioid Crisis?

More complex and actionable issues are at the root of the problem

An Aimovig injection pen over an image of a valley partially obscured by a migraine aura

<乌鸦传媒>Erenumab Appears Safe, Effective in Migraine With Aura

Trial outcomes similar in patients with or without aura

A bag of counterfeit fentanyl pills seized by the DEA.

<乌鸦传媒>DEA Chief Warns About Fake Prescription Drugs Containing Fentanyl

More than 8.4 million fake pills seized since end of September

A photo of an ampule, patch, powder, pills, and vial of Fentanyl Citrate.

<乌鸦传媒>House Members Debate Cracking Down More on Fentanyl

Committee criticizes Justice Department for not appearing at hearing

A close up of a woman wearing an ANSiStim auricular electroacupuncture device

<乌鸦传媒>Why Is DOJ Cracking Down on Electroacupuncture?

False billing wasted "millions and millions" in federal money, investigator says

Cover art featuring Michael Keaton for the show Dopesick.

<乌鸦传媒>Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV's 'Dopesick'?

No, but the Hulu series holds lessons for physicians about trusting pharma messaging

A single dose of Suboxone lies next to a spoon and syringes

<乌鸦传媒>Buprenorphine Misuse: What's the Reality?

New study highlights need to expand access to buprenorphine for OUD

AASLD over a computer rendering of the structure of the liver.

<乌鸦传媒>'Concerning' Opioid Prescribing in Patients With Cirrhosis

PCPs more than twice as likely as gastroenterologists to prescribe opioids

A close up of a prescription bottle and several tablets of Oxycodone

<乌鸦传媒>Prescription Pain Killers Can Be a Slippery Slope

We can prevent patients from falling down the rabbit hole

Psych Congress over a photo of Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas

<乌鸦传媒>Migraine Drug Shows Benefit for Those With Comorbid Depression, Anxiety

Real-world study of fremanezumab found that patients were able to reduce antidepressant use

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<乌鸦传媒>40 Million in U.S. Had a Substance Use Disorder in 2020, SAMHSA Survey Finds

Number is double that for 2019, but methodology changes may explain much of that, official says

AAFP over a photo of a male physician making a protective gesture around a family icon.

<乌鸦传媒>Eliminate the X Waiver for Buprenorphine Prescribing?

OUD "needs to be treated just like any other chronic medical condition," argues family physician

The Emergency entrance to a hospital

<乌鸦传媒>Want to Reduce 'Frequent Flyers' at Your Hospital? Try This

Weekly meetings to discuss cases can help get patients out of the ED and into community care

ASA over a photo of the San Diego Convention Center

<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Policy Slashes IV Acetaminophen Use for Tonsillectomy

Standing orders for oral use led to better care, reduced cost, researchers said

A nurse wearing a protective mask and cannabis patch sewn to her scrubs holds out a bottle of medical cannabis.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurses See New Career Opportunities in Medical Cannabis Space

Some cite burnout and frustration with traditional healthcare settings as factors

A photo of Frank Patino, MD

<乌鸦传媒>Doc With 'Outsized Personality' Convicted in Opioids-for-Injections Scheme

Frank Patino, MD, gave patients opioid scripts in exchange for unnecessary spine injections

A photo of an epidural kit.

<乌鸦传媒>Does Slight Autism Risk With Epidurals Matter?

Study authors and JAMA editorial say probably not

A photo of Steven Arthur LaTulippe, MD, between the two halves of a protective mask torn in half.

<乌鸦传媒>Oregon Doc Loses License for Not Wearing a Mask, Spreading Misinformation

Steven LaTulippe also mismanaged numerous pain patients

A computer rendering of an inflamed shoulder joint next to a syringe drawing from a vial.

<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Work to Treat, Understand Post-Vaccine Shoulder Injury

SIRVA is mainly in the medicolegal realm, but physicians acknowledge its rare possibility

Woman suffering from fibromyalgia neck pain.

<乌鸦传媒>Fibromyalgia: A New Feature of Long COVID?

Almost one-third of patients in Italian study had musculoskeletal sequelae

A close up of white pills spilling out of a prescription bottle.

<乌鸦传媒>New Data on Opioids for Chronic Pain: Less Than Meets the Eye?

Unclear what, if anything, new NCHS report means

An artist鈥檚 rendition of akathisia, a motion-blurred man with his hands flying about his head.

<乌鸦传媒>Naloxone Rebound Akathisia: It Could Turn on You

The rise in opioid overdoses warrants a review of the symptoms of akathisia

Illustration of a brain shaped maze.

<乌鸦传媒>Drug Overdoses Spike; Shock Therapy Effective; Psychiatrist Charged for 'Pill-Mill'

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

FDA APPROVED spinal cord stimulation device for diabetic nerve pain (PDN) over a photo of the device.

<乌鸦传媒>Spinal Cord Stimulation OK'd for Diabetic Nerve Pain

First device of its kind to gain FDA approval for painful diabetic neuropathy

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