Search results for "Substance use"
Guidance limited for treating acute pain
Prescribing a short-term opioid to patients who haven't recently or ever taken a controlled substance might boost their vulnerability to later addiction.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/guidance-limited-for-treating-acute-pain.htm
1 Feb 2018
Prescribing for opioid addiction meds, CNS suppressants
This column reviews details on recent recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/prescribing-for-opioid-addiction-meds-cns-suppressants.htm
1 Nov 2017
A ‘near-death’ experience that's good news for patients
For all of its known flaws, the Affordable Care Act has extended coverage to millions of Americans, and was saved in the U.S. Senate by a slim margin. It's time for Congress to put aside partisan differences and come together to strengthen and heal Obamacare instead of trying to bring it down.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/a-near-death-experience-thats-good-news-for-patients.htm
1 Nov 2017
Primary care takes on opioid addiction
There's a lot that primary care clinicians can do to treat opioid addiction, but stigma about the condition, as well as laws and other regulations, throw up barriers.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/10/primary-care-takes-on-opioid-addiction.htm
1 Oct 2017
ACP supports updated naloxone guidance from AMA Opioid Task Force
The guidance encourages physicians to consider co-prescribing naloxone when it is clinically appropriate.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/19/5.htm
19 Sep 2017
Tapering long-term opioid therapy may improve outcomes in chronic pain, review finds
An editorial called the possibility of discontinuing opioids while reducing pain and improving function and quality of life heartening, and encouraged physicians to work to reduce or discontinue long-term opioids.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/18/1.htm
18 Jul 2017
Four days in May
Leadership Day on Capitol Hill, when more than 400 ACP members met with their senators and representatives to advocate for College priorities, occurred against a backdrop of historic events.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/four-days-in-may.htm
1 Jul 2017
Caring for veterans outside the VA system
About three-fourths of nearly 22 million veterans get some or all of their outpatient medical treatment outside the VA health system, creating a need for identifying these patients in a practice and screening for potential physical and mental symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/caring-for-veterans-outside-the-va-system.htm
1 Jul 2017
Assessment may offer another option for substance abuse screening
A screening tool has high sensitivity and specificity for identifying use of illicit drugs and prescription medications, which might be useful to address an opioid epidemic and high rates of overdose deaths across the U.S.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/06/2.htm
6 Jun 2017
ACP's ‘big tent’ advocacy agenda
ACP's advocacy on legislative and regulatory issues extends beyond partisan political debates and is meant to help physicians in their pursuit of clinical care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2017