IASP Statement on Opioids - IASP

https://www.iasp-pain.org/Advocacy/OpioidPositionStatement?navItemNumber=7225

20 hours ago - Opioids are indispensable for the treatment of severe short-lived pain during acute painful events and at the end of life (e.g., pain associated with cancer). Currently, no other oral medication offers immediate and effective relief of severe pain. Although opioids can be highly addictive, opioid addiction rarely emerges when ...

ER Reduces Opioid Use By More Than Half With Dry Needles ... - KUNC

www.kunc.org/post/er-reduces-opioid-use-more-half-dry-needles-laughing-gas

22 hours ago - Francisco Hidalgo prepares to receive a trigger point injection from Dr. Alexis LaPietra (right) at St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., while Dr. Tyler Manis observes. An alternative to opioids, the trigger point injection involves dry needling to stop pain from a muscle spasm and a shot of local anesthetic for ...

Athens-Clarke and Oconee Join Lawsuit Against Opioid Manufacturers

flagpole.com/.../athens-clarke-and-oconee-join-lawsuit-against-opioid-manufacturers

15 hours ago - Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties have joined a growing list of Georgia counties in suing nearly two dozen manufacturers and distributors of opioids, seeking to hold the companies responsible for their role in the country's opioid epidemic. The lawsuits, filed earlier this month in the U.S. District Court in Athens, allege that ...

Goucher Poll: More than half of Marylanders know someone who's ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/...opioids/.../166e9b32-1649-11e8-92c9-376b4fe57ff...

15 hours ago - More than half of Marylanders say they personally know someone who has been addicted to opioids, according to a Goucher College poll released Wednesday that also found strong support for imposing term limits on state lawmakers and raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The finding that 52 percent have direct ...

More awareness, research needed on abuse risk of non-opioid ...

Science Daily-6 hours ago

She has found that abusers typically mix gabapentin with opioids, marijuana, cocaine and opioid treatment medication, compounding side effects to the central nervous system that include euphoria and sedation. Some people who have primarily abused opioid pain medication have turned to gabapentin after crackdowns ...