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FDA alerts health care professionals of risks to patients exposed to xylazine in illicit drugs
Healthcare professionals have been alerted by the FDA to the dangers of patients being exposed to xylazine, a veterinary sedative, in illicit drugs. The FDA advises healthcare professionals to report any adverse events related to xylazine.
NC Policy Watch – A closer look at the mounting toll of fentanyl on the nation’s youth
Fentanyl is now the leading cause of overdose deaths among young people, with a nearly 500% increase in deaths among those aged 25 and under. Learn more.
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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Thoughts About The New NC Dental Board Requirement On Mental Health & Substance Abuse Effective January, 2023
Here are a few of our ideas for continuing education requirements related to mental health and substance abuse:
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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Former Federal Prosecutor States Opiate Crisis Far Worse…
In his tweet “Things I learned working as an Assistant US Attorney prosecuting violent crime in St Louis, America’s murder capital” former federal prosecutor Will Scharf called out in one fell-swoop the mainstream media for under-reporting, Washington for it’s open border policies, and the Chinese Communist Party for their complicity in the fentanyl epidemic raging
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NC To Mandate Continuing Education On Practitioner Substance Abuse And Mental Health
The NC Legislature has adopted NCAC 16R(I).0206 requiring NC dentists and hygienists to complete 1 hour of continuing education on practitioner substance abuse and mental health every 2 years. This requirement is NOT satisfied by the completion of an approved controlled substance prescribing course. This new requirement exclusively impacts NC dental licensees as no other
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2022Â CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
On Thursday, November 3, 2022, the CDC released it’s most recent recommendations for the prescribing of opioids for acute, subacute, and chronic pain. The new guidelines provide 12 recommendations relating to the use of opioids and mostly favor a more individualized approach. However, the CDC issued a guideline much stronger than the 2016 version defining
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