Indiana Nursing Board Must Allow Use of Opioid Treatment Meds, DOJ Says Ruling follows complaint from nurse who was denied access to state monitoring program Mar 31, 2022
Make Naloxone More Accessible to At-Risk Americans, Experts Say Allow OTC sale, reimburse pharmacists, and support harm-reduction groups, they urged Mar 30, 2022
More States Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips Can testing recreational drugs be an effective harm reduction strategy? Mar 28, 2022
Cannabis Linked to Less Opioid Use in Back Pain, Osteoarthritis Usage fell by almost 40% in 6 months, although it's not clear if medical pot was the reason Mar 26, 2022
Thumbs Down for IV Tramadol, FDA Advisers Say Delayed onset of pain relief remains a concern Feb 16, 2022
Blacked Out on Fentanyl for a Day A nurse in recovery shares one of her loneliest moments Feb 11, 2022 podcast
Job, License, and Livelihood on the Line After diverting drugs, the foundation begins to crack for this nurse Feb 11, 2022 podcast
CDC Proposes New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted Feb 10, 2022
Commission on Opioid Crisis Warns of 1M Overdose Deaths in Call to Action Stanford-Lancet Commission report recommends extensive reforms Feb 02, 2022
Prescription Drug Misuse High Among Nurses During Pandemic Home health RNs have highest rates, but those working at hospitals most likely to have an SUD Jan 27, 2022
Does Teen Prescription Drug Misuse Predict Later Substance Abuse? Misusing prescriptions linked to substance use disorder symptoms by midlife Jan 05, 2022
How to Help Nurses With Substance Use Problems Get Help One of the "worst things" a colleague can do is to say nothing Dec 30, 2021
'Pending Wave' of Nurse Substance Use Problems? Signs point to deepening issue with alcohol, drugs as nurses battle through the pandemic Dec 30, 2021
Is 'Big Pharma' To Blame For the Opioid Crisis? More complex and actionable issues are at the root of the problem Dec 21, 2021
DEA Chief Warns About Fake Prescription Drugs Containing Fentanyl More than 8.4 million fake pills seized since end of September Dec 17, 2021
House Members Debate Cracking Down More on Fentanyl Committee criticizes Justice Department for not appearing at hearing Dec 03, 2021
Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV's 'Dopesick'? No, but the Hulu series holds lessons for physicians about trusting pharma messaging Nov 26, 2021
Buprenorphine Misuse: What's the Reality? New study highlights need to expand access to buprenorphine for OUD Nov 18, 2021
'Concerning' Opioid Prescribing in Patients With Cirrhosis PCPs more than twice as likely as gastroenterologists to prescribe opioids Nov 16, 2021
Prescription Pain Killers Can Be a Slippery Slope We can prevent patients from falling down the rabbit hole Nov 05, 2021
40 Million in U.S. Had a Substance Use Disorder in 2020, SAMHSA Survey Finds Number is double that for 2019, but methodology changes may explain much of that, official says Oct 25, 2021
Eliminate the X Waiver for Buprenorphine Prescribing? OUD "needs to be treated just like any other chronic medical condition," argues family physician Oct 15, 2021
Want to Reduce 'Frequent Flyers' at Your Hospital? Try This Weekly meetings to discuss cases can help get patients out of the ED and into community care Oct 14, 2021
Doc With 'Outsized Personality' Convicted in Opioids-for-Injections Scheme Frank Patino, MD, gave patients opioid scripts in exchange for unnecessary spine injections Sep 28, 2021
Oregon Doc Loses License for Not Wearing a Mask, Spreading Misinformation Steven LaTulippe also mismanaged numerous pain patients Sep 20, 2021
New Data on Opioids for Chronic Pain: Less Than Meets the Eye? Unclear what, if anything, new NCHS report means Aug 05, 2021
Naloxone Rebound Akathisia: It Could Turn on You The rise in opioid overdoses warrants a review of the symptoms of akathisia Aug 01, 2021
Drug Overdoses Spike; Shock Therapy Effective; Psychiatrist Charged for 'Pill-Mill' News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jul 21, 2021
Spinal Cord Stimulation OK'd for Diabetic Nerve Pain First device of its kind to gain FDA approval for painful diabetic neuropathy Jul 19, 2021
Clearing the Hurdles to Safe Injection Facilities Rhode Island the first state to authorize a pilot program, but how likely is it others will follow Jul 14, 2021
The Mental Health Toll of Not Matching Reports of suicides and unprecedented social media dialogue have turned a spotlight on the issue Jul 07, 2021
Biden Administration Eases Rules for Mobile Vans for Substance Use Treatment Aim is to increase treatment access in rural areas, underserved communities Jun 28, 2021
As Overdoses Rise, Opioid Treatment Providers Struggle to Get Paid Providers of medication assisted treatment say they're bleeding cash, and unable to keep staff Jun 22, 2021
AMA Supports Docs Receiving MAT for Substance Use Organization also embraces physicians with disabilities or illness Jun 16, 2021
Congress Wrestles Over How to Hold Sackler Family Accountable Without a legal fix, OxyContin makers would evade responsibility for untold deaths, say Dems Jun 09, 2021
Two HHS Nominees Have Fairly Easy Time at Senate Hearing Opioid crisis, drug supply chain among senators' concerns Jun 08, 2021
FDA OKs New Antipsychotic for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Approval of olanzapine-samidorphan carries opioid-related contraindications Jun 01, 2021
Qelbree Hits Shelves; Schizophrenia-Related Cognitive Impairment Breakthrough News and commentary from the psychiatry world May 26, 2021
