Researchers compared the rate of opioid overdose-related hospitalizations among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis vs the general population.
Researchers assessed opioid prescription patterns among patients with rheumatic diseases.
The drugs most frequently involved in drug overdose deaths in 2017 varied regionally in the United States.
The US opioid epidemic cost the nation’s economy $631 billion from 2015 through 2018.
Doctors should be more cautious when taking chronic pain patients off opioid painkillers.
Eight candidate touchpoints are associated with increased risk of fatal opioid overdose.
Patients with SLE are more likely to use opioids than persons without SLE, and most SLE patients who use opioids do so for more than one year.
Certain factors may help clinicians identify which patients are more likely to have greater opioid use in the first month after major surgery.
Settlement talks with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis have reached a stalemate and the company is expected to file for bankruptcy.
Opioid deaths decreased during January to July 2018, while deaths from illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF) increased during the same period.
