Tag: opioid epidemic

Balancing Pain Control with the Opioid Epidemic

Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. Balancing pain control has a critical role for confronting the opioid epidemic and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidelines for prescribing opioids. In this video lecture, Jacob Aubuchon provides […]

Trends in Opioid Abuse: Prescription Abuse and Resurgence of Heroin

Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. Abuse of prescription opioids leaves patients vulnerable to overdose and death as heroin becomes more widely available. Theodore Cicero speaks on his 50-year experience as an endowed professor in psychiatry researching drug abuse. In […]