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FDA announces new plan to combat opioid abuse
Food and Drug Administration officials are calling for a sweeping overhaul of the agency’s approach to opioid medications, including renewed...
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Physicians’ odds of beating addiction higher
Stress-related factors and cultural changes appear to be contributing to an increase in physician substance abuse and dependence, but treatment...
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Migraines more severe in PNES patients than in epilepsy patients
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DEA’s rescheduling of hydrocodone tied to declines in prescribing
Key clinical point: The DEA’s reclassifying of hydrocodone analgesics from schedule III to the more restrictive schedule II produced an abrupt and...
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Practice guideline released for treating opioid use disorder
Key clinical point: The American Society of Addiction Medicine has released a clinical practice guideline that discusses all of the medications...
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One clinic at a time: Kentucky doctor works to change opioid prescribing
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Wound-healing template approved for diabetic foot ulcers
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Increased heroin use may not be linked to rise in prescription opioid use
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Corneal confocal microscopy deemed useful in immune-mediated neuropathies
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U.S. surgeon general to commission first-ever report on addiction
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Long spine fusions can give patients improved quality of life
When necessary, long fusions that extend from the C-spine to the pelvis can result in health-related quality of life improvements, results from a...