Of the 3,945 who had overdosed on prescription opioids, prescriptions decreased from 32.4% before the overdose to 28.3% after. Meanwhile, the number of patients receiving medication-assisted treatment rose from 29.4 to 33.0% after a heroin overdose.

For abortive medications, results showed that overall 18.9% of patients received all high quality abortive medication, 27% received some low quality abortive while 15.2% received opioids.

Results showed that the mean costs over the next 30 days after ED visits were $1,752, $1,805 and $1,977 for ED-initiated buprenorphine, referral alone and brief intervention with facilitated referral, respectively.

The researchers found that 85.9% of patients reported using four or fewer opioid tablets, with 59.5% reporting that they used no opioid analgesics postoperatively.

The researchers found low-strength evidence that cannabis alleviates neuropathic pain based on 27 chronic pain trials; insufficient evidence was found in other pain populations.

There was a 34% increase in opioid overdose admissions requiring intensive care during this time period, from 44 to 59 per 10,000 ICU admissions. The average mortality rate of patients with ICU admissions with overdoses was 7%, but this increased to 10% in 2015.

Among the areas likely to benefit from increased funding are treatment centers, with the White House panel recommending rules be waived so that Medicaid recipients can get treatment for their addictions.

In light of the plethora of street names used to refer to a number of drugs, the DEA has issued a comprehensive list for common drugs.

The full results, published in Science of The Total Environment, found that even if the entire mass supplied for clinical use was flushed that the release of 10 'flush list' APIs poses a 'negligible' eco-toxicological risk (including buprenorphine, diazepam, fentanyl, hydromorphone, meperidine, methadone, methylphenidate, morphine, oxycodone, tapentadol).

Over 19,569 person-years of follow-up, the adjusted hazard ratios for death from hypertension among marijuana users was 3.42 (95% confidence interval, 1.20 to 9.79).

Significantly higher prescribing rates were seen in individuals from lower income quintiles, who were younger, who were from rural neighborhoods, and who had a greater number of comorbidities.

The researchers observed significant increases in topiramate, rufinamide, and N-desmethylclobazam and a significant decrease in clobazam serum levels with increasing cannabidiol dose.

The DEA's manufacturing reduction applies to commonly prescribed Schedule II opioids.

Researchers found that between 67 and 92% of patients reported unused opioids (42 to 71% of all the opioid tablets).

The main reasons that physicians with waivers indicated no willingness to increase prescribing were lack of belief in agonist treatment (odds ratio, 3.98), lack of time for additional patients (odds ratio, 5.54), and belief that reimbursement rates are insufficient (odds ratio, 2.50).

The researchers observed variation in the absolute risk for neonatal drug withdrawal from 1.0 to 11.4% for infants exposed in utero to prescription opioids alone and opioids co-prescribed with gabapentin, respectively.

The test has demonstrated cross-reactivity with acetyl fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, despropionyl fentanyl, and sufentanil.

Nearly 92 million Americans used legitimately prescribed opioids in 2015, survey shows

The final recommendations - expected in the Fall - if implemented, will ensure that the Federal Government operates as a strong partner in the fight against addiction and the opioid crisis.

Anti-hyperalgesic effects of morphine also similar to placebo in chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia

Rates of opioid abuse among young adults - aged 18 to 25 - decreased from 11.5% in 2002 to 8.1% in 2014. But in adults 50 years and older, opioid abuse doubled, from 1.1 to 2.0%

The rapid detection tests consists of a self-contained collection cup and test device with auto-activated results seen in 5 minutes with no tipping of the cup.

The researchers found improvement in pain severity, function, and quality of life. The team said, however, that the quality of the evidence in the studies was very low.

Recently, Shionogi and Purdue received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for naldemedine (Symproic) in the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in adults with chronic non-cancer pain.

Of the total 18,259 calls during the study period, 5.16% led to N-acetylcysteine administration in 2013 and 5.01% in 2015. Naloxone was administered in 3.63% and 4.02% of cases in 2013 and 2015, respectively.

The data showed patients receiving buprenorphine (90.3%) were significantly more likely to be retained at the end of the taper vs. patients receiving clonidine (66.1%) but retention with tramadol ER (72.2%) was moderate and did not significantly differ from that of the other treatment arms (P=0.01).

For 42% of prescriptions there was at least 1 error. Nine percent of prescriptions deviated from best practice guidelines, 21% did not include 2 patient identifiers, and 41% were not compliant with the Drug Enforcement Agency rules.

Nonmedical opioid use was most common in Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, and Nevada, all with rates exceeding 5%. The lowest rates - less than 3.5% - were in Massachusetts, Vermont, Florida, Montana, and Minnesota, the report noted.

The new FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, presented a list of new initiatives the Agency will undertake in order to tackle the opioid epidemic.