opiates

New guidelines for the health management of opiates

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Washington, D.C.
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United States
The Inter-American Commission on Drug Abuse 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).
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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...

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...
Online course: The Opioid Crisis in America

Fentanyl and its Analogues - 50 years on

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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...

SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit

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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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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

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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...