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Deaths due to opioid analgesics have increased substantially in the United States.

Current challenges in educational research for opioid abuse prevention

Among the changes, the FDA is requiring boxed warnings--the agency's strongest warning--and patient-focused Medication Guides for prescription opioid analgesics, opioid-containing cough products, and benzodiazepines (nearly 400 products in total), with information about the serious risks associated with using these medications at the same time.

FDA announces Opioids Action Plan

Additionally, the number of patients who were prescribed both an opioid analgesic and benzodiazepine rose by 41% between 2002 and 2014, which translates to an increase of more than 2.

FDA orders label changes

In contrast, two recent case-control studies have showed significantly increased risks for early pregnancy opioid analgesic use and specific defects.

Prescription opioids: is there a risk for birth defects?

In exploratory analysis, gastroschisis was also significantly associated with opioid analgesic exposure in early pregnancy (OR, 1.

Prescription opioids: is there a risk for birth defects?

The members were specifically tasked with addressing a number of questions, such as whether the current REMS ensures safe use of ER/ LA opioid analgesics without unduly limiting patient access to medications or burdening the health care system, whether the scope of the current FDA blueprint for prescriber education for ER/ LA opioid analgesics should be broadened, and whether immediate-release formulations should be included in the REMS, among other questions.

FDA panels advise expanding REMS for ER/LA opioids

Therapeutic treatment of pain for the laboring patient include opioid analgesics, epidural block, and alternative therapies that do not include medication efforts to relieve pain.

Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain management for the laboring patient in obstetrics

Patients experiencing moderate to severe pain for a range of underlying physiological reasons are virtually exclusively treated with opioid analgesics.

New Research Report on Global Opioids Market to 2018 by MarketResearchReports.biz

Of these, opioid analgesic and cough medicines accounted for the most deaths (20).

Most pediatric poisonings due to family's meds

From 1990 to 1996, medical use of four opioid analgesics increased substantially: morphine (59%), fentanyl (1168%), oxycodone (23%), and hydromorphine (19%), while medical use of one opioid analgesic, meperidine, decreased (35%) (Joranson et al.

Prescription drug abuse: an epidemic dilemma

7 On each visit, assess whether the opioid analgesic is improving the patient's function and quality of life and whether or not it should be continued.

Prescription opioids and physician responsibility

To test for differences between all beneficiaries in the study population and those with claims for any opioid analgesic or for controlled-release oxycodone, we used t tests for continuous variables and [chi square] tests or Fisher exact tests for categorical variables.

Geographic variation in the prescription of schedule II opioid analgesics among outpatients in the United States