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FDA approved combination therapy relugolix, estradiol, and norethindrone acetate (Myfembree) for the management of moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis. 

Combination Therapy Receives FDA Approval for Endometriosis

After March 2020, overdose deaths not involving methadone continued to increase whereas methadone-involved overdose deaths remained stable.

Overdose Death Rates Before and After Take-Home Methadone Policy

According to a new report from the CDC, as fatal drug overdoses increase across the board, the Black and Indigenous communities represent a significantly greater death rates.

Increasing Overdose Death Rates are Highest Among Black, Indigenous Individuals

An Ohio State researcher discusses a new medical center education program for navigating addiction risk in pain patients.

Educating Third-Year Students on Opioid Use Disorder, Pain Management

During the analysis, investigators became fascinated by how many patients entered the buprenorphine treatment program for OUD having already been taking the drug without a prescription. 

Stephen Crystal, PhD: Buprenorphine Use Prior to Treatment Linked with Better Outcomes

Data indicate that higher levels of perceived pain related disability and greater difficulty falling asleep was associated with increased anxiety levels in adults with fibromyalgia and insomnia.

The Role of Pain in Relation to Fibromyalgia and Insomnia

Since the delivery of these medications were disrupted during the pandemic, members of racial and ethnic minority groups experienced an increased risk of opioid overdose, compared with White individuals.

Decreased Access to Buprenorphine Significantly Affects Minorities with OUD

Presence of chronic liver disease, prior use of gabapentin and being discharged to a long-term hospital or rehabilitation center are among some of the factors associated with a new opioid use disorder diagnosis.

Study Provides Novel Insight on OUD Diagnosis Factors in Opioid-Naive Patients

The daily oral combination therapy will be reconsidered for treating endometriosis pain this August.

FDA Extends PDUFA Timeline for MYFEMBREE Endometriosis Application

Emergency medicine specialist urges hospitals to add methylnaltrexone to the hospital formulary after promising research shows the treatment's success with opioid-induced constipation. 

Frank Peacock, MD: Methylnaltrexone for OIC is More Effective, Less Expensive 

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