Pain Management

A UMass Memorial telehealth-based program connects patients with credentialed clinicians who can prescribe medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. 

An Ohio law allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription was linked to a significant increase in naloxone dispensing rates, especially in low-employment areas.

Patients with chronic pain using medical cannabis reported less nighttime awakenings initially, but tolerance may build with frequent use.

A new CDC report found that benzodiazepines were prescribed at 27 annual physician visits per 100 adults from 2014 to 2016.

A preemptive pain management program involving OTC medications can help reduce the need for opioid prescriptions following certain surgeries.

The FDA Committees voted against recommending approval of Nektar Therapeutics' oxycodegol.

The opioid crisis continues to be one of the worst public health crises that the United States has ever seen.

A study evaluated the ability of untrained individuals to use different forms of naloxone administration.

In a new lawsuit, CVS, Walgreen, Rite Aid, and other major pharmacy chains said that they are not to blame in federal opioid litigation

Practical tips to help keep patients safe.

A new study shows increases in the misuse of non-opioid medications among US adults coinciding with decreases in opioid prescribing.

What the law says about pharmacists’ role in the opioid crisis-and how to protect yourself.

Evidence-based framework is an urgent need, study says.

Strategies include nonpharmacologic therapies, nonopioid medications, and opioid rotation. 

Practical tips to help keep patients safe.

New and old non-opioid pain management solutions. 

Patients at-risk for substance abuse more easily identified and managed.

The DEA had access to information about where opioids were being sold, but didn’t act on it. Why?

“Historic investment” distributed to private companies, universities, and researchers.

Controlled substance tramadol among the illegally marketed painkillers.

Approved forms should be considered as options for community distribution.

Fentanyl, oxymorphone, and hydrocodone face greatest cuts.

Texas pharmacies worked with “runners” to divert prescription opioids to the streets.

Grant-funded program to bring more opportunities for safe disposal.

Pharmacists must continue to minimize the convenience gap between physician and pharmacy.