This article takes an interesting look at whether the “reputation” of your medical school affects your propensity to write opiate prescriptions. This paper published July 7, 2017 by economics professors at Princeton University (seems like some Harvard bias), determined that physicians who studied at “lower-ranked” medical schools prescribe nearly three times as many opioids per… Read More
An article by Padma Gulur et al. in Pain Research and Treatment Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 482081 looked at morphine and hydromorphone use. Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) is up to 7.5 times as potent as morphine and its use has dramatically increased in the past decade. This study has some great background information and resources which… Read More
Emergency physicians prescribe less than 5% of all opiate prescriptions in the United States. Furthermore, emergency physicians had the highest decrease (-8.9%) of all medical specialties in opiate prescriptions from 2010-2012. Although there is an opioid epidemic, the data shows that emergency physicians are part of the solution. Overall, opiate prescriptions increased by 11.7%… Read More
As the number of overdoses linked to the potent painkiller fentanyl has grown over the past two days to 48, nearly two weeks after the first reports of such overdoses began popping up in the Sacramento region, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services reported Wednesday. No additional deaths have been reported, leaving… Read More
Naloxone to Reduce Opiate Overdose Deaths Raises Cost, Liability, and Possible Safety Concerns Source: Naloxone to Reduce Opiate Overdose Deaths Raises Cost, Liability, and Safety Concerns… Read More
