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How opioid use disorder occurs
How opioid use disorder occursOpioid use — even short term — can lead to addiction and, too often, overdose. Find out how short-term pain relief leads to life-threatening problems.By Mayo Clinic Staff People who take opioids are at risk of opioid use disorder, often called opioid addiction. Personal history and how long people use opioids
Opioid giant’s tactics to influence doctors revealed in court documents
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Opioid giant Mallinckrodt, selling more than Purdue Pharma in the US, was forced by the courts to publish more than 1.3 million internal documents. In The BMJ, researchers Sergio Sismondo and Maud Bernisson sift through nearly 900 contracts which together reveal a carefully coordinated effort to shape medical attitudes toward pain
What can your DNA say about your risk of opioid addiction?
ScienceThe FDA approved the first genetic test to identify opioid use disorder—but some experts say these kinds of tests have limitations. Here’s what to know.Published January 31, 2024A new test suggests that, with a bit of your DNA, it can help identify whether you have a genetic susceptibility to opioid use disorder.Aided by an influx
Millions in Opioid Settlement Funds Sit Untouched as Overdose Deaths Rise
Nearly a year after Montana began receiving millions of dollars to invest in efforts to combat the opioid crisis, much of that money remains untouched. Meanwhile, the state’s opioid overdose and death counts continue to rise. The money is part of the approximately $50 billion that states and local governments will receive nationwide in opioid
The Opioid Epidemic Is Surging among Black People because of Unequal Access to Treatment
In one way or another, Thomas Gooch has spent more than 30 years struggling with illegal drugs. The 52-year-old Nashville, Tenn., native grew up in extreme poverty. He was first incarcerated in 1988 and spent the next 15 years in and out of jail for using and selling narcotics. “Until 2003,” Gooch says. “That was
The Prescription Opioid Ecosystem: A Novel Approach to the Crisis
We are awash in crises: environmental, political, and even infectious. While these may have pushed the crisis of fatal opioid overdoses from the daily news, and perhaps the public mind, the problem has not abated -- indeed the opioid crisis is worse than ever. In 2020, approximately 70,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose. That's…