Opioid-free pathway launched at UPMC Shadyside Hospital 02:50. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For the first time in western Pennsylvania and possibly in the nation, patients at a local hospital can choose ...

According to published results, a novel opioid-free pathway may provide noninferior pain management compared with an opioid-containing pathway during the perioperative period in patients ...

ERAS pathways are part of the “Billion Pill Pledge” program, which aims to reduce unnecessary opioid prescriptions and promote safer pain management practices, helping combat the opioid epidemic.

While opioids are among the most powerful painkillers, they're also highly addictive, which makes them hard to get. A new finding may offer hope to pain patients in the form of powerful drugs that ...

Medical University of South Carolina scientists report in Neuron that they have uncovered a way to restore an opioid-weakened brain pathway in a preclinical model. Skip to content.

Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are highly addictive (SN: 4/28/23).About one of every four fentanyl users becomes addicted. And in 2022 in the United States alone, there were more than 70,000 ...

Pain management pathway reduces use of opioids after urethral repair surgery Peer-Reviewed Publication. Wolters Kluwer Health. February 21, 2022 – For ...

A newly discovered brain pathway in mice may contribute to the development of opioid tolerance, suggesting that future therapies targeting this pathway could prevent opioid addiction and overdose.

That was the wake-up call issued Tuesday as the University of Notre Dame hosted an opioid summit called “A Pathway to Hope.” The opioid crisis is ongoing.

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have made improvements to hospital care pathways that reduced opioid use by 50% after pancreatic cancer surgery.The cohort study ...