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FDA announces plans to evaluate use of opioids for treating cough in children

August 29, 2017

On Aug. 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that an upcoming meeting of the pediatric advisory committee will focus on the use of prescription opioid…

FDA permits marketing of device to help reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms

November 16, 2017

On Nov. 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a new indication to an electric stimulation device (NSS-2 Bridge) for use in helping to reduce the…

How 2 nurse practitioners decided to help babies touched by opioid crisis

September 15, 2017

The opioid crisis doesn’t just affect those who’ve become addicted and their families; it also affects newborns and the nurses who care for them. Kyle Cook and Carla…

How the opioid epidemic affects women

October 26, 2019

Opioid use disorder (OUD) has become such a prominent topic in today’s society that it’s hard to go one day without hearing news about new death statistics or…

Make treatment accessible for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 11, 2020

During the current pandemic Americans are dealing with a complete or near complete disruption of everyday life. It is the same for persons with opioid use disorder (OUD),…

Opioids: Follow the evidence

February 1, 2023

To ensure safety and effective care, nurses must maintain their knowledge and understanding of opioid pharmacologic properties and best practices when caring for patients with acute and chronic…

Preventing high-alert medication errors in hospital patients

May 11, 2015

Mistakes involving medications are among the most common healthcare errors. Medication errors lengthen hospital stays, increase inpatient expenses, and lead to more than 7,000 deaths annually in the…

Reversing opioid-induced respiratory depression

January 11, 2010

For a patient receiving high-dose opioids, frequent monitoring of the sedation level and quick intervention when that level increases stops respiratory depression from claiming another victim.

The opioid epidemic—a crisis within a crisis

August 16, 2021

Opioid overdose deaths are skyrocketing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Author Jennie Burke movingly wrote of her brother’s death from a heroin overdose in May 2020, noting that he…

White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments

October 27, 2023

White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. This was a…

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FDA announces plans to evaluate use of opioids for treating cough in children

FDA permits marketing of device to help reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms

How 2 nurse practitioners decided to help babies touched by opioid crisis

How the opioid epidemic affects women

Make treatment accessible for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic

Opioids: Follow the evidence

Preventing high-alert medication errors in hospital patients

Reversing opioid-induced respiratory depression

The opioid epidemic—a crisis within a crisis

White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments

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FDA announces plans to evaluate use of opioids for treating cough in children

FDA permits marketing of device to help reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms

How 2 nurse practitioners decided to help babies touched by opioid crisis

How the opioid epidemic affects women

Make treatment accessible for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic

Opioids: Follow the evidence

Preventing high-alert medication errors in hospital patients

Reversing opioid-induced respiratory depression

The opioid epidemic—a crisis within a crisis

White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments

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