Do Opioids Have a Role in the Management of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis?
Researchers assessed pain relief and functional improvement in patients receiving opioids for knee or hip osteoarthritis.
Researchers assessed pain relief and functional improvement in patients receiving opioids for knee or hip osteoarthritis.
From 2005 to 2016, skeletal muscle relaxant (SMR) use increased in the United States.
In 2015 to 2018, 10.7% of US adults aged 20 years or older used one or more prescription pain medications.
Evidence suggests that the prevalence of chronic opioid use among patients with RA has increased over the last decade.
Researchers assessed the effect of the opioid epidemic in Finnish patients with early inflammatory arthritides.
Investigators addressed the treatment of acute gout flares in the emergency department.
Researchers examined the association between mental health conditions and the risk for chronic opioid therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Emergency departments are increasingly seeing patients for repeat opioid-related care.
Between 2000 and 2017, unintentional deaths and suicides related to opioid use have increased substantially, whereas overall deaths from have decreased.
Medication treatment with methadone and buprenorphine is associated with a significantly lower risk for overdose death for people with opioid use disorder compared with nonmedication treatment.