Physicians' order forms were revised, and meperidine was removed from all forms. The form for patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was updated to offer an alternative for morphine-allergic patients.

such as morphine, should be used with caution among older adults. Others, such as meperidine, should never be used at all. When prescribing or changing opioids, the choice of the correct ...

Recent market analyses reveal a promising trajectory for the global opioid analgesics market, forecasting significant growth to USD 72.0 billion by 2033, with a robust Compound Annual Growth Rate ...

After years of continuously rising opioid overdoses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths decreased 3% in 2023, the first annual decrease since 2018.

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, made by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, can reduce rates of opioid and alcohol abuse by up to 50%, according to a new study that supports expectations the drugs can ...

In the study, published Thursday in the scientific journal Addiction, researchers found people with opioid or alcohol use disorder who take Ozempic or similar medications appear to have a 40% ...

Walmart WMT-0.16%decrease; red down pointing triangle has reached a proposed settlement agreement in connection with three shareholder lawsuits regarding its distribution of prescription opioids ...

A study from Loyola University Chicago published Thursday in the academic journal Addiction used the medical records of more than 8,000 patients who both had a history of opioid-use disorder and ...

Oct. 10, 2024 -- Did you hear the recent news that Ozempic, the popular weight loss and diabetes drug, may lower the risk of opioid overdose, according to a new study? The finding may be ...

Every non-fatal drug overdose has the potential to inflict brain damage. Synthetic opioids like fentanyl target the brain stem, which controls breathing, and an overdose can depress breathing to ...

Over the course of the trial, opioid dispensing dropped from 62.8% to 50.5% for lower back pain cases, a significant decline. The study found no evidence that emergency department physicians ...