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News, opinions and meeting coverage in primary care.

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC's Updated Opioid Guidelines Are Necessary, but Not Sufficient

Additional steps are needed to calibrate opioid access and undo harm

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<乌鸦传媒>Chronic Pain: Opioids No Longer Treatment of Choice

Nondrug therapies increased markedly in wake of 2016 CDC guidance

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC Just Changed Its Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. Here's What to Know.

Guidance covers acute, subacute, and chronic pain and replaces 2016 guidelines

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<乌鸦传媒>'Pill Mill' Docs, You May Be in for a Big Scare

Two recent Supreme Court cases have major implications for physician practice

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<乌鸦传媒>For Chronic Pain Patients, Consider Green-Tinted Glasses?

Mixed results with green light therapy for fibromyalgia

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<乌鸦传媒>Thumbs Down for Genetic Test for Opioid Use Disorder, FDA Advisors Say

False positives, false negatives remain a concern

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<乌鸦传媒>Allergy Meds May Make Drug Overdoses More Dangerous, CDC Says

About 15% of overdose deaths included antihistamines mixed with other drugs

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<乌鸦传媒>It's High Time for Broader Access to Non-Opioid Pain Medication

Limited Medicare coverage poses barriers, but bipartisan legislation offers a solution

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<乌鸦传媒>I Didn't Let My Addiction Win Out in the End

How doctors get addicted and how they recover

A photo of a male psychiatrist writing notes with his out of focus female patient in the background.

<乌鸦传媒>Who Needs a 'Recovering' Shrink Now?

My past should no longer be a burden but an advantage

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<乌鸦传媒>Doctor Faces Lawsuit Alleging He Caused Opioid Addiction

Patient claims doctor prescribed at least 7,400 oxycodone pills over 4-year period

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC Nixes Misleading Video About Cops' Risk of Fentanyl Overdose

Video removed due to "concerns that parts of this video may mischaracterize the risks," CDC says

A photo of a young woman with her hand on her head removing a prescription medication bottle from the medicine cabinet.

<乌鸦传媒>Can Low-Dose Naltrexone Offer Pain Relief?

Recent study highlights benefits and builds on previous research

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<乌鸦传媒>Medical Marijuana: CBD, THC Content Matters for Chronic Pain

Different pain outcomes and side effects tied to formulation of cannabis products

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<乌鸦传媒>Video Misleads on Law Enforcement Fentanyl Overdose Risk

NIOSH video used to support fentanyl threat to police, but experts say risk of harm is near-zero

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

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<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

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<乌鸦传媒>More States Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips

Can testing recreational drugs be an effective harm reduction strategy?

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<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

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

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

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC Proposes New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted

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<乌鸦传媒>Commission on Opioid Crisis Warns of 1M Overdose Deaths in Call to Action

Stanford-Lancet Commission report recommends extensive reforms

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

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

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<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

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

PCPs more than twice as likely as gastroenterologists to prescribe opioids

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

We can prevent patients from falling down the rabbit hole

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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

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<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

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<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

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<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

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Benzo-Involved Overdoses on the Rise

Concerns grow about illicit versions

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

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

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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