Opioid Resource Center
Daily News Podcast
Think outside lower body for pelvic pain
The editor-in-chief of Blood has a few tips on how you can get your work published.
Daily News Podcast
Prenatal valproate and ADHD
The role that mothers play in the link between depression and fathers and daughters.
News from the FDA/CDC
Synthetic opioids drive spike in U.S. fatal drug overdoses
Spurned by physicians, more users seem to be turning to street drugs that contain fentanyl and similar substances.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Injectable extended-release naltrexone for opioid dependence: 3 studies
Here we summarize 3 studies to describe which patients might be optimal candidates for XR-NTX, its success in comparison with BUP-NX, and...
Audio
ICYMI: EP 01 Lorenzo Norris
A look back at our very first edition.
From the Journals
Extended-release naltrexone competes with buprenorphine-naloxone combo
Anxiety, depression, and insomnia “symptoms should not preclude the choice to leave opioid agonist treatment and to start treatment with [extended...
Daily News Podcast
Opioids don’t top NSAIDs for chronic pain
And canakinumab has a remarkable effect on knee and hip replacement risk.
From the Journals
Opioid benefit small in chronic noncancer pain
In a systematic review and meta-analysis, the reduction in chronic noncancer pain from opioids versus placebo was significant but small, and...
From the Journals
Chronic opioid use during pregnancy linked with reduced head circumference in NAS newborns
Of neonates with NAS, 87% were born to mothers prescribed opioid agonist medication–assisted treatment.
Daily News Podcast
ABIM sued over maintenance of certification
Do weight loss drugs have a role following bariatric surgery?
Conference Coverage
Understanding properties of fentanyl, other opioids key to treatment
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. – Fentanyl has opioid receptor affinity similar to that of morphine, research shows, and it’s not known why it is up to 100...