The researchers assessed how the legalization of nonmedical cannabis affected the use of alcohol, cigarettes, and pain medication use in Washington state.
In a recent study, researchers used data from insurance claims to examine trends in post-surgery opioid prescribing and the likelihood of prolonged use with various opioids.
Use of tobacco and the co-prescription of sedative hypnotics have been shown to be risk factors for the misuse of prescribed opioids, but the association between these drugs has not yet been clarified. ...
The US Department of Health and Human Services has released a new set of recommendations for the coprescription of naloxone in patients at high-risk for opioid overdose.
In a new study, researchers investigated whether weekly and monthly subcutaneous buprenorphine depot formulations were noninferior to a daily sublingual combination of buprenorphine and naloxone for the...
The FDA’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee recently reviewed and voted on whether to recommend lofexidine, a non-opioid drug, for the management of opioid withdrawal.
In a recent study, researchers investigated whether cannabis use influenced the relationship between pain and negative mood symptoms, such as depression, and whether self-efficacy influenced these...
Opioid and substance use disorders have reached epidemic levels in the United States. In a recent study, researchers explored the prevalence of visits due to opioid-related complications in US emergency...
In a recent study, researchers compared extended-release naltrexone hydrochloride with daily buprenorphine hydrochloride with naloxone hydrochloride for promoting abstinence from heroin or opioids among...
