by Pollen Williamson | Feb 18, 2019 | Content
Authors of a JAMA Network Open study asked the question, “How are benzodiazepines being prescribed, and how have prescribing patterns changed over time?” They found in a serial cross-sectional study of 386 457 ambulatory care visits from 2003 through 2015, the use of...
by Pollen Williamson | Feb 11, 2019 | Content
The FDA has announced new efforts to expand naloxone access by making it easier for companies to make over-the-counter (OTC) versions of the opioid overdose treatment. Read More FDA Press Release
by Pollen Williamson | Feb 8, 2019 | Content
Researchers know that lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals are more likely than heterosexuals to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs, but until now they didn’t know to what degree. New research out of the University of Michigan provides that context by...
by Pollen Williamson | Feb 6, 2019 | Content
A NIDA-funded analysis of eight states showed a significant association between rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and poor economic conditions. The study used data from all 580 counties in Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina,...
by Pollen Williamson | Feb 4, 2019 | Content
The opioid overdose epidemic, which resulted in 48,000 deaths in 2017, isn’t getting better anytime soon, according to recent research published in JAMA. That’s because interventions that target prescription opioid misuse, including...
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