Opioid

Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Aaron C. Tyagi, MDChair, RSA Social Media CommitteeOriginally Published: Common Sense January/February 2018 We have seen the rate of overdose mortality in general and mortality of overdoses related to opioids continue to rise.[1,2] As a society, we were slow to recognize this problem, for a number of reasons. Now it is […]

Author: Samuel Bergin, MSIV, Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesChad Roberts, MSII and Scott Pew, MPH Candidate University of Utah Originally Published: Modern Resident April/May 2016 EpidemiologyWhile the CDC was compiling data from 1999 to 2014, more than 165,000 people in the US died from overdoses linked to prescription opioids.[1] The opioids most commonly […]

Originally Published: Modern Resident, Jun/Jul 2010 Original Author: Dana Kindermann, MD Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Dept. of Emergency Medicine Submitted by: Saadiyah Bilal, Publications Committee, Co-Chair  Case history: 56 y/o male BIBA, found in apartment by roommate with altered mental status x 24h, found lying in feces. Patient (pt) with multiple substance abuse related admissions and […]