opiates

New guidelines for the health management of opiates

7 November 2023

Washington, D.C.

United States

The Inter-American Commission on Control (CICAD), the Valencia, Spain City Council, and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) invite you to join the webinar “New guidelines for the health management of opiates” this Tuesday, November 7, starting at 10:00 (Washington, DC time).

Facebook Will Redirect Searches about Opiates to SAMHSA Support Services

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Many news outlets are reporting on a newly introduced feature of Facebook to help support people who use opiate drugs.

Pregnancy & Opioids Guide

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INTRODUCTION Is there a young woman in your life who is pregnant and misusing or addicted to opioids? Perhaps it’s your daughter or granddaughter, your son’s girlfriend or wife, a niece or a friend. Here you’ll find information to help her...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Can Medications Make It Too Easy to Recover?

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Drug-based treatments dominate opiate addiction treatment but are far from universally accepted. Referring to chemical ‘solutions’ to addiction, the ‘bite’ commentary on this cell ends with the “curious possibility that precisely because a...

FREE Opioid Training Course from Harvard

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Harvard University has launched a free online training course via edX.org. Suitable for those looking for an introduction to understanding opioids and the current "crisis" facing many nations through high rates of drug related deaths. The...

Fentanyl and its Analogues - 50 years on

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1 March 2017

ABSTRACT Fentanyl and its analogues are potent synthetic opioids, which are liable to abuse. They are often sold under the guise of heroin or prescription medicines, such as oxycodone, and this exacerbates the risk of overdose and...

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Cell B1: The Practitioner in Harm Reduction

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Second cell of the Drug Treatment Matrix explores key studies on the impact of the practitioner on reducing harms associated with illegal drug use, in which trust emerges as a fundamental ingredient. Reconceptualise needle exchanges as safe...

SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit

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25 January 2016

This toolkit offers strategies to health care providers, communities, and local governments for developing practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Access reports for community members, prescribers...

New Data on Opioid Use and Prescribing in the United States

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6 July 2017

The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. Between 1999 and 2010, prescription opioid–related overdose deaths increased substantially in parallel with increased prescribing of opioids. In 2015, opioid-involved drug...

The Societal Cost of Heroin Use Disorder in the United States

Scientific article

30 May 2017

ABSTRACT Objective Heroin use in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. The objective of this paper is to estimate the annual societal cost of heroin use disorder in the United States in 2015 US dollars. Methods An analytic...