4. The shortage is expected to last for the next 12 to 18 months, Dr. Soumerai noted. “Our hospital’s current supply of intravenous opioids will last about four weeks at best,” she wrote.

Few older adults receive opioids before going to a hospital even though it’s recommended when people are in transport. There’s a benefit to getting the medications early, a recent study shows.

The overall consumption of opioids was lower in the TENS group (4.53 vs 11.10 morphine equivalents; P < .001); however, 46% of patients in this group needed additional opioid treatment.

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AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation of Investigator-Initiated Trial Results Comparing AcelRx's Sufentanil Sublingual Tablet (SST) Versus Intravenous Opioids for Postoperative Pain at the ...

The rate of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids, which include fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, increased more than 20-fold between 2013 and 2022, according to the US Centers for ...

Opioids were the leading cause of fatal poisonings among children age 5 years old and younger in recent years, a study has found, underscoring how the opioid epidemic has not spared children. The ...