Opiate Crisis

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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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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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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2022 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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A Veritable Quandary?

One of the most common questions we hear from licensed dental healthcare professionals when considering the prospect of dropping their federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) permit is “Can I do that?” The answer is “Yes you can”. Your professional license issued by the state in which you practice affords the ability to conduct patient care …

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