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 ...

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.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A nurse practitioner with licenses registered in Stockton and New York who allegedly sold opioids and other addictive drugs to clients around the country is the subject of a ...

Ching-Wei Tzeng, M.D., senior author, associate professor of surgical oncology Opioids are potent pain-relieving medications often prescribed after major surgeries to manage post-operative pain.

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.

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.

In a meta-analysis of trials of intravenous alteplase before thrombectomy, with a median of 25 minutes between the administration of alteplase and the arterial puncture, reperfusion occurred ...