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July 31st 2024
A new study found using e-cigarettes with partial nicotine reduction was linked to greater puffing time, puff duration, and total inhaled volume than 5% nicotine concentration.
Elevating Pain Management: First and Next Steps in Pain Safety
August 22nd 2011Fast, good, and cheap: the rule is we only get two in life -- yet in today's health care system, clinicians are pressured to achieve all three. However, the necessary steps for ensuring safe and good pain management are a challenge for physicians who practice in the world of the 15-minute office visit
Opioid Risk Reduction Strategies Are Infrequently Used in Primary Care
August 22nd 2011Physicians need better tools for identifying patients at higher risk of opioid abuse and misuse, as well as better guidance on managing chronic pain patients. Is the limited use of opioid risk reduction tools in the primary care setting due to providers shunning the use of these tools because of a lack of good quality evidence supporting their effectiveness, or do primary care providers "lack a systematic way of identifying high-risk patients who need to be monitored closely?"
Opioid Addiction and Dependence: PAs want to provide hospice care, prescribe buprenorphine
August 22nd 2011As part of the American Academy of Physician Assistants' (AAPA) Leadership Forum, 200 physicians assistants took to Capitol Hill to drum up support among members of Congress for "removal of barriers for PAs" that AAPA believes will help their members "meet the demands of a 21st century health care system."
Patients with Addictive Disease: Responsible Use of Opioids
May 4th 2009Patients with cancer who experience moderate to severe pain may be prescribed opioids and could become addicted to them; thus, it is important for oncology nurses to understand addiction and how to assess and manage pain in this patient population.
Q&A With Addiction Treatment Specialistis, Joseph R. Volpicelli, MD, PhD, and Tracy Steen, PhD
February 11th 2008Joseph R. Volpicelli, MD, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and a Senior Scientist at the Penn Center for Studies of Addiction. Tracy Steen, PhD, is Clinical Director at the Charles O'Brien Center for Addiction Treatment, University of Pennysylvania.