Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors Among Drug Users
Researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2018 to assess the impact of drug and alcohol use on cardiometabolic disease risk factors.
Researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2018 to assess the impact of drug and alcohol use on cardiometabolic disease risk factors.
Following resuscitation with naloxone, clinicians commonly recommend an observation period to monitor for rebound apnea and other symptoms. Patient refusal of this recommendation is common, although rarely discussed in the literature.
In San Francisco, California, researchers found data that showed it was feasible to recruit patients who inject drugs for treatment of hepatitis C with ledipasvir-sofosbuvir for 8 weeks.
Fentanyl and fentanyl analogues may cause rapid death through airway compromise and severe muscle rigidity.
Evidence was inadequate to weigh the balance of benefits and harms of screening for illicit drug use in adolescents.
Clinicians may be overprescribing gabapentiboids in part as a response to the opioid epidemic.
More than 1 out of 3 average Americans used a prescription opioid in 2015, despite growing concerns these medications are promoting addiction and overdose deaths.
Hospitalists must use opioids judiciously, including adhering to specific dose limits, setting expectations, and initiating evidence-based treatment.
Strategies include training in screening, interventions, and referrals to treatment.
Opioid abuse went down when physicians are legally obligated to check a patient’s drug history.