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Migraine studies find new drug, several existing options all effective for acute treatment

An industry-funded trial found that migraine pain resolved sooner with eptinezumab than placebo, while a meta-analysis found that several established and newer therapies for the acute treatment of migraine were associated with reductions in short-term pain.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/22/5.htm
22 Jun 2021

Prescribing for opioid addiction meds, CNS suppressants

This column reviews details on recent recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/prescribing-for-opioid-addiction-meds-cns-suppressants.htm
1 Nov 2017

More research needed on long-term opioids

This issue covers topics including opioid pain management, malnutrition, and ‘incidentalomas' during imaging.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/04/editors.htm
1 Apr 2015

Few internal medicine residency programs provide clinical opioid-related training

A 2019 survey of members of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine found that while 82% of programs required some training in safe opioid prescribing and opioid use disorder treatment, few programs required clinical experiences.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/09/5.htm
9 Nov 2021

Breaking barriers to buprenorphine

Despite heightened awareness of the opioid crisis, treatment still eludes many patients who are struggling with addiction.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/09/breaking-barriers-to-buprenorphine.htm
1 Sep 2018

Calls to poison control centers for gabapentin, baclofen increased in recent years

The increase in exposures to and misuse of these medications in the U.S. may represent an unintended consequence of recent reductions in opioid prescribing for pain management, study authors said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/10/5.htm
10 Dec 2019

Pharma payments associated with increased prescribing, systematic review finds

The review of 36 published studies found a consistent association between physicians' payments from pharmaceutical companies and prescribing of those companies' drugs as well as temporal and dose-response relationships, suggesting the association was causal.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/24/5.htm
24 Nov 2020

Substance use problems in the U.S. exacerbated by pandemic, studies indicate

The percentage of urine tests that were positive for illicit drugs increased, and an ED saw more nonfatal opioid overdoses.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/29/1.htm
29 Sep 2020

USPSTF recommends screening for unhealthy drug use in adults

This new statement replaces the 2008 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation, which concluded that the evidence at that time was insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/16/4.htm
16 Jun 2020

Naloxone is underprescribed to high-risk patients, CDC says

Naloxone prescriptions more than doubled between 2017 and 2018 but still only one in 69 patients receiving high-dose opioids gets a naloxone prescription.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/13/2.htm
13 Aug 2019

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