Tag: epidemic

Few patients maximise opioid-sparing medications after orthopaedic surgery

A new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers adds to growing evidence that patients underuse non-opioid pain relievers to supplement opioid pain management after...

AMA president issues opioid epidemic guidance US physicians

The president of the American Medical Association—Steven J Stack—has issued an open letter to US physicians about the country’s opioid epidemic. Entitled, “Confronting a crisis:...