Author name: David Lambert

Dr Lambert is a principal, managing partner and chief informatics officer of CE Dojo, and former affiliate consultant to Old Well Consulting responsible for their eLearning platform. Dr Lambert is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and former clinical pharmacist. Dr Lambert is former Assistant Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Oregon where he also studied Clinical Informatics within the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology. Dr Lambert has lectured extensively on topics of surgery, pharmacology, the opiate crisis and is published within several peer-reviewed journals.

Antihistamines A common Contributor In Opioid Overdose Deaths?

A recent analysis by the CDC and published in Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Reports has shown that antihistamines play a role in the growing drug overdose crisis. Of the total US drug overdose deaths reported to the CDC from 2019 to 2020, 13,574 (14.79%) involved antihistamine positivity. First-generation H1 subtype antihistamines, such as diphenhydramine, made …

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FDA alerts health care professionals of risks to patients exposed to xylazine in illicit drugs

The FDA has issued an alert to healthcare professionals warning about the risks of patients being exposed to xylazine, a veterinary sedative, in illicit drugs. The alert states that xylazine has been found in counterfeit versions of opioid drugs and other illicit substances, and can lead to serious side effects such as respiratory depression, coma, …

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NC Policy Watch – A closer look at the mounting toll of fentanyl on the nation’s youth

The article discusses the rising number of deaths among young people due to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. According to the article by NC Policy Watch, the number of fentanyl-related deaths among people aged 25 and under has increased by nearly 500% over the past five years, and the drug is now the leading cause …

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FDA Modernization Act 2.0

Congress has passed the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 as part of the recent omnibus bill, removing the requirement to use animal testing in drug development. This allows drug companies to use alternative safety-testing models, such as cell-based assays, organ chips and microphysiological systems, and sophisticated computer modeling. Proponents state these alternatives are cost-effective and provide …

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The Fourth Wave Of The Opiate Crisis

For over two decades, the opioid crisis in the United States has been an urgent health care emergency. Initially driven by over-prescription of pharmaceutical opioids, this has evolved into a “fourth wave” marked by poly-substance use, combining opioids and methamphetamine, resulting in record-high deaths year after year. The Covid-19 pandemic has made the situation even …

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Pre-op Cannibis Use Associated More Post-Op Pain, Opiate Use

In an online-first article in Anesthesia News a study presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists found adults who use cannabis have more pain after surgery and consume more opiates than those who don’t use the drug, Elyad Ekrami, MD, a lead author of the study and clinical research fellow …

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