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When Mothers Receive Fentanyl Epidurals During Labor, the Fentanyl Gets Passed on to Their Babies

March 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Aacc, american association for clinical chemistry, Fentanyl, neonatal care, Opioids, Pediatric Health

Breaking research in AACC’s The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine shows that the fentanyl in epidurals can pass on to babies during labor. While the infants in this study did not experience adverse effects from this fentanyl transfer, this information is crucial to ensuring that new mothers don’t get falsely accused of fentanyl abuse, which can have dire social repercussions for mother and child.

Announcement

Researcher receives $3.9 million grant to study how cannabis chemicals can help with pain

March 17, 2020 sarah Jonas Cannabinoid, Cannabis, Marijuana, Opioids, pain, THC

Ziva Cooper, research director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, has been awarded a $3.9 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the NIH to study whether cannabis chemicals called terpenes can reduce the amount of opioid medication a person needs to reduce pain.

Announcement

ASA, AAOS launch toolkit to help physicians safely, effectively alleviate patients’ postoperative pain with reduced opioid use

March 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Anesthesiology, Opioids, Orthopaedic

To help physicians safely and effectively alleviate pain and encourage optimal opioid stewardship in patients following surgery, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) today released the Pain Alleviation Toolkit. The toolkit provides physicians and patients with resources to encourage communication and decision-making to help reduce patients’ postoperative pain as much and as safely as possible.

Announcement

Peggy Compton, PhD, Selected for Induction to the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

March 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Award Announcement, Opioids, pain, Penn Nurisng, STTI, Univesity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Penn Nursing’s Peggy Compton, PhD, RN, FAAN, the van Ameringen Chair in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Health, will be honored by Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) for her contributions to the nursing profession during the 31st International Nursing Research Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, July 23-27, 2020.

Research Tip Sheet

March 2020 Issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology Includes Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Functional GI Disorders

March 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Chronic Pain Disorders, Clinical & Translational Research, Clinical Guidelines, Colon Cancer Screening, Colonoscopy, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Complementary Medicine, Endoscopy, Gastroenterology, Opioids

The March issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology features evidence-based articles related to complementary and alternative medicine therapies for functional GI disorders, a new ACG Clinical Guideline for the diagnosis and management of Chronic Pancreatitis, opioid-related constipation, and more.

Research Results

PA School Nurses on the Frontlines of the Opioid Epidemic

February 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Opioids, Penn Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

At the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), researchers conducted an online survey of 362 Pennsylvania school nurses (elementary, middle, and high school) to better understand how they have a supply, administer, and perceive storing naloxone in their schools. The results illustrate that though many nurses have a supply of naloxone in their school, important barriers to access and use of this life-saving medication still exist.

Research Results

Outreach effective in connecting people who have opioid use disorder with long-term treatment

February 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Opioid Use Disorder, Opioids

Proactive outreach, including knocking on the doors of individuals who recently overdosed on opioids, can be an effective way to engage more people who have opioid use disorder with long-term care, according to researchers at UTHealth.

Research Results

Battling treatment resistant opioid use disorder

February 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Addiction, Opioid Addiction, Opioids, Substance Use Disorders

Similar to treatment resistant depression, there is a subpopulation of those addicted to opioids who do not respond to standard opioid use disorder (OUD) treatments. In a new paper, an addiction expert at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis suggests a new category for these types of patients: treatment resistant opioid use disorder (TROUD).

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IU study looks at the effect of Medicaid expansion on hiring attempts in substance use treatment workforce

January 30, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Addiction, Insurance, Opioids

While Medicaid expansion has led to substantial increases in Medicaid reimbursement for substance use treatment, it has not specifically led to a detectable increase in hiring attempts to increase the substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment workforce, according to a study by Indiana University researchers.

Research Results

For Low Back Pain in Older Adults, Treatment Doesn’t Match Guidelines

January 23, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Low Back Pain, Opioids, Physical Therapy

Many Medicare patients with new episodes of low back pain receive care inconsistent with current guidelines – including high use of opioids and advanced imaging tests, reports a study in the February issue of Medical Care. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Research Results

Program reduces narcotic prescriptions after surgery with over-the-counter pain medicine

January 22, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Minimally Invasive Surgery, Opioids, Reflux

Surgeons at Houston Methodist Hospital are stemming the tide of addiction to prescription opioids by managing patients’ pain after surgery. By using long-acting local anesthetics at the site of surgery and scheduled non-narcotic pain medicine, they decreased opioid prescriptions from 87% to 10% after surgery.

Research Results

Shifting Clinic Culture to Address the Opioid Epidemic

January 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Opioids, pain and addiction

At a family medicine clinic in the Boston area, a team led by faculty from Tufts University School of Medicine conducted a five-year case study where they found medical facilities can help physicians to treat chronic pain in a way that will deter opioid misuse, while creating better processes to identify and treat patients who develop an opioid use disorder.

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