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Opioid prescribing has declined in recent years, but nonetheless remains high for the chronic kidney disease population.

An old epidemic that many experts say grew from the abundance and abuse of prescription opioids is seeing a resurgence: Heroin abuse. At PAINWeek 2014, Rick Tucker, an Ameritox compliance education consultant and former assistant special agent in charge of the DEA, and Mike DeGeorge, PharmD, Director of Medical Affairs at Ameritox, discussed in an interview the roots of the current heroin epidemic facing the US, and how chronic pain patients prescribed opioids are affected by it.

Despite initial recognition of opioid-induced androgen deficiency (OPIAD) as a possible consequence of opioid use more than four decades ago, few studies have systematically investigated hormonal changes induced by long-term opioid administration.

The CDC has issued guidelines for primary care providers who prescribe opioids for chronic pain.

There have been previous reports of toxicity both in the U.S. and Europe.

A comparative chart of narcotic analgesics including formulations, strengths, and dosing intervals.

To learn more about the overlapping crises of the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychiatry Advisor interviewed pain specialist Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA, the Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Confused Drug Names according to ISMP guidelines chart

To shed light on this complex subject, MPR interviewed Joshua D Brown, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy.