Best of Pain Management Coverage in 2022
Take a look back at our most popular pain management coverage for 2022.
10. OTC Remedies Help With Oral Pain Management
Mouth discomfort can be especially irritating, but there are some products on pharmacy shelves that might be useful.
9. FDA Explores New Opioid Disposal Strategy
The agency is considering dispensing mail-back envelopes with outpatient opioid analgesic prescriptions.
8. Handling Headache: Types, Treatments, and Counseling Pearls
Understanding headaches and their various treatment options can help pharmacists counsel patients at the counter.
7. Pendulum Ping Pong
A pharmacist reflects on how prescribing behaviors have changed over the years and the potential for stigma linked to providing buprenorphine to patients who need it.
6. Impact of Laws on Pediatric Opioid Prescriptions
Are prescription cap laws for opioids effective for children and teenagers?
5. Pharmacists Fight to Take on Opioid Use Disorder
Buprenorphine can only be prescribed by pharmacists with waivers, limiting access to this necessary treatment for communities.
4. Before Getting Better, the Opioid Crisis Will Get Worse
500,000 lives expected to be lost to opioids over the next 10 years.
3. Nonopioid Pain Reliever Prescriptions on the Rise, as Opioid Prescriptions Decline
Study finds growth in 3 years after CDC guideline for primary care clinicians.
2. ‘Delayed Dispensing’ of Opioid Prescriptions Occurring Across US
Patients may use drugs for reasons or time frame other than intended by prescriber, according to study.
1. Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Opioid Prescriptions
Ruling comes in cases with prison sentences for convictions over prescription drugs.