State Dental Association Releases Comprehensive Opioid Guidelines
The New Jersey Dental Association (NJDA) has released guidelines on safely prescribing and dosing opiate medications. The NJDA also has developed an informed.
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100 Million Opioids Go Unused After Tooth Extractions
More than half of the opioids prescribed to patients after the extractions of wisdom and other teeth go unused, the University of Pennsylvania.
- September 23, 2016
- 3 minutes read
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Surgeon General Campaign Aims to Reduce Opioid Prescriptions
With opioid overdose deaths quadrupling since 1999, US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, has launched Turn the TideRx, a campaign encouraging.
- August 29, 2016
- 2 minutes read
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Surgeon General Campaign Aims to Reduce Opioid Prescriptions
With opioid overdose deaths quadrupling since 1999, US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, has launched Turn the TideRx, a campaign encouraging.
- August 29, 2016
- 2 minutes read
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CDC Issues New Opioid Rx Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain, excluding cancer, palliative, and.
- March 17, 2016
- 1 minute read
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NIH Grant Will Develop Cannabinoid Cancer Treatment
Oral cancer is a painful disease, affecting 45,750 new patients each year in the United States. Cannabinoids (CBs) represent one alternative to opioid.
- February 3, 2016
- 2 minutes read
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Rx Painkillers Still a Significant Source of Addiction
The number of dental prescriptions for opioids has declined in recent years, though practitioners still should be concerned about their potential dangers. In.
- November 11, 2015
- 2 minutes read
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ADA Joins White House Fight Against Rx Drug Abuse
President Obama launched an initiative to combat rising rates of opioid and other drug addictions during an appearance in Charleston, WV, on October.
- October 22, 2015
- 4 minutes read
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Opioid Abuse Higher in Areas With More Dentists, Pharmacists
Having more healthcare personnel isn’t necessarily a good thing when it comes to opioid abuse. A recent study by researchers at Indiana University-Purdue.
- November 8, 2013
- 1 minute read
