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04/28/2026
This report discusses 2 cases of patients presenting with severe opioid use disorder due to chronic tianeptine and kratom use, focusing on the successful use of extended-release buprenorphine as a treatment...
04/28/2026
03/16/2026
Kiera Murphy, BS; Rachel K. Anderson, BS; Alyssa Egland, CPNP; Thomas N. Helm, MD
A 61-year-old man undergoing treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder with pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin-ejfv presented with new-onset painful nodules on the bilateral arms, legs,...
03/16/2026
10/11/2025
Anthony Calabro, MA
In a national analysis spanning more than two decades, researchers found that fentanyl-stimulant overdose deaths among adults aged 65 years and older have surged 9000% since 2015, revealing that older...
10/11/2025
Interactive Features
12/08/2024
Ann W. Latner, JD
A California physician was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for conspiring with a pharmacist to illegally distribute controlled substances. Should the pharmacist receive a similar sentence?
12/08/2024
09/23/2024
In 2022, there were nearly 38,000 new HIV diagnoses in the United States. Do you know the percentage of those new diagnoses that were caused by intravenous drug use? Take the quiz to find out!
09/23/2024
04/26/2018
A 56-year-old house painter fell off a ladder and fractured 3 ribs. He was prescribed tramadol for pain relief. A few days later, the results of a urine drug test came back positive for methadone. The man...
04/26/2018
Clinical Insights
02/27/2023
As the number of new hepatitis C virus infections continues to rise in the United States, rapid diagnosis and treatment of high-risk patients is more important than ever. In this Q&A, Benjamin Eckhardt, MD,...
02/27/2023
