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Research Summary
03/27/2024

Anthony Calabro, MA

Anthony Calabro, MA
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, surpassing the previous year’s record total, according to a CDC report. Although the official number of deaths caused by overdoses—107,941—breaks the...
03/27/2024
Research Summary
Research Summary
02/09/2024

Jessica Ganga

Jessica Ganga
Researchers analyzed trends in opioid prescribing for patients who have undergone dental procedures.
02/09/2024
Poll
Poll
02/02/2024
Do you think the CDC's latest opioid prescribing guidelines have helped slow the opioid crisis in the United States? Take this poll to voice your opinion.
02/02/2024
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Poll
Poll
02/02/2024
Do you think the CDC's latest opioid prescribing guidelines have helped slow the opioid crisis in the United States? Take this poll to voice your opinion.
02/02/2024
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
10/30/2023

Ann W. Latner, JD

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?
10/30/2023
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
07/16/2023
In two lower court trials, two physicians were accused and convicted of prescribing opioid pain medicine in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Were they at fault?
07/16/2023
opioids
opioids
10/28/2021
The mother of a 28-month-old girl with a history of intrauterine opioid exposure brings the infant in with concerns of a low fever. While examining the patient's records, you realize that the infant...
10/28/2021
opioids
opioids
02/13/2020
The results of a recent study revealed a lack of consensus among clinicians regarding responses to marijuana use in patients who have been prescribed opioids. If a pattern of repeated cannabis use was...
02/13/2020

Clinical Insights

Conference Coverage
Conference Coverage
11/16/2023
In this video, Randall S. Hudspeth, PhD, MBA, MS, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FRE, clinical practice consultant at RSHudspeth Consulting LLC and executive director at Idaho Center for Nursing in Boise, Idaho, provides...
11/16/2023
Expert Q&A
Expert Q&A
06/16/2023
Lead study author Lana Mucalo, MD, discusses her team’s study examining the prevalence of opioid-related mortality in patients with sickle cell disease from 2013 to 2019. She presented her research at the...
06/16/2023
opioids
opioids
04/09/2022
In this podcast, Rachel Marie E. Salas, MD, leads a discussion with Charlene Gamaldo, MD, and Sharon Park, PharmD, about the obstacles the opioid crisis has presented in the treatment of restless legs...
04/09/2022