Prescription-Drug Monitoring Saves Lives, Could Save More
State programs that monitor narcotic prescriptions help prevent 10 opioid-overdose deaths a day in the U.S., yet…
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Prescription-Drug Monitoring Saves Lives, Could Save More
State programs that monitor narcotic prescriptions help prevent 10 opioid-overdose deaths a day in the U.S., yet... -
U.S. Republicans Reject Democratic Funding Proposals for Opioids
Republican lawmakers in U.S. Congress have rejected two Democratic amendments to provide nearly $1 billion in funding... -
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Regulatory Burden or an Emergency Physician Function?
I had always assumed that I would remember my first code. I don’t, but I do remember...
U.S. Republicans Reject Democratic Funding Proposals for Opioids
Republican lawmakers in U.S. Congress have rejected two Democratic amendments to provide nearly $1 billion in funding…
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Regulatory Burden or an Emergency Physician Function?
I had always assumed that I would remember my first code. I don’t, but I do remember…
FDA Panel Backs Teva’s Abuse-Resistant Opioid Painkiller
A U.S. advisory panel recommended approving Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd’s long-acting opioid painkiller, Vantrela ER, saying data…
Naloxone Distribution to Patients in Emergency Department Raises Controversy
The article “Naloxone Distribution Strategies Needed in Emergency Departments” by Samuels et al (ACEP Now, March 2016)…
U.S. FDA Approves First-Ever Implant to Treat Opioid Addiction
The first-ever implant to fight addiction to opioids, a class of drugs that includes prescription painkillers and…
ACEP’s New Pain Management Section Provides Venue to Discuss Pain Topics, Opioid Addiction
Emergency medicine pain management can be painful, but it doesn’t have to be. I recently finished a…
ACEP Joins National Opioid Working Group
ACEP has joined dozens of other medical groups to participate in the U.S. Department of Health and…
Naloxone Distribution Strategies Needed in Emergency Departments
The Case A 57-year-old man is brought in by family in a private vehicle after a “heroin…
Muscle Relaxants, Opioids Offer No Benefit for Low Back Pain
People who arrived at the emergency department with severe low back pain didn’t experience more relief with…
