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A brief letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in January 1980, titled "Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics", generated much attention and changed this thinking. [66] [67] A group of researchers in Canada claim that the letter may have originated and contributed to the opioid crisis. [66]
The coronavirus pandemic has overshadowed another, longer term crisis in the state – the opioid epidemic. Detox centers have cut down on accepting patients, people in 12-step programs must meet online, and individuals who successfully complete rehab face more hurdles – unemployment and homelessness.
The opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic consequences of the medical ...
(The Center Square) – The opioid epidemic continues to rage in the U.S., a newly released report from the American Medical Association shows.. The report says that while doctors have reined in ...
Opinion: Wisconsin’s opioid crisis complicates an already troubled health care system Unfortunately, Wisconsin is currently unable to access all the tools available to them to help address the ...
America's overdose crisis reached new levels over the past year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.. Fatal drug overdoses surged by 28.5% for the 12-month period ending April 2021, according ...
The opioid epidemic took hold in the U.S. in the 1990s. Percocet, OxyContin and Opana became commonplace wherever chronic pain met a chronic lack of access to quality health care, especially in Appalachia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the prescription opioid epidemic the worst of its kind in U.S. history.
The letter reported on an examination of medical files of patients who had been hospitalized and treated with small doses of opioids.The authors concluded that of the 11,882 patients who received at least one narcotic drug, only four of them had developed a "reasonably well documented" addiction among patients who had no history of addiction.