Opioids and the Overdose Crisis

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (762+ words) The six-time Olympic medallist pushed her body. But menopause broke through her defences, she writes in her memoir. Olympian Clara Hughes’s new memoir, “Learning to Breathe,” chronicles her experience with menopause, psychedelic therapy and long-buried memories of abuse. Clara Hughes…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (624+ words) Morphine has long been the cornerstone of treatment for moderate-to-severe chronic pain, but its usefulness is undermined by a stubborn clinical problem: tolerance. Patients who take opioids repeatedly need progressively higher doses to achieve the same relief, and that escalation…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (92+ words) I used to love hide and seek I keep playing this game When is it my turn to seek? I can’t see them I just know they’re there I was never good at dancing Yet they ask for a dance…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (94+ words) Health Service Journal A new approach to pain management is necessary and affordable Chronic pain, trauma, and harmful substance use are often interconnected, highlighting the need for more integrated, person-centred community support Register with hsj.co.uk to read the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (352+ words) The findings could help researchers make local anesthetics last longer in people. Patients recovering from surgery may need pain relief beyond the eight to 12 hours, or about a day at most, that most local anesthetics provide. Seeking a longer-lasting option,…...

4+ day, 19+ min ago   (172+ words) New York, NY: Chronic pain patients enrolled in the Veterans’ Health Administration consume fewer opioids following the enactment of statewide cannabis access laws, according to data published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. A team of Columbia University investigators…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (236+ words) Pharmacy Times In an interview with Pharmacy Times, William J Peppard, PharmD, pain stewardship coordinator at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin and coauthor of a retrospective suzetrigine study, discusses findings suggesting that the nonopioid medication could help reduce postoperative…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (115+ words) Veterans will receive additional education before being prescribed with psychotropic medications such as antidepressants and opioids, starting in 2027. This follows a Sept. 28 announcement by the U.S, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that it will expand signature consent beyond long-term opioid…...

4+ day, 51+ min ago   (85+ words) Opioids have long been the backbone of cancer pain management, but a persistent worry has shadowed them for decades: laboratory studies suggest that these drugs, particularly morphine, can suppress the immune system. If true in patients, that effect could theoretically…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (889+ words) Veterans With Chronic Pain Bioengineer.org...