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Listen: VC turmoil, GLP-1 competition, & the war on recovery

STAT

For the entirety of the opioid overdose epidemic, the U.S. STAT’s Lev Facher joins us to explain his reporting on why virtually every sector of American society is standing in the way of their use. We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast.

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Scotland introduces national naloxone emergency supply

The Pharmacist

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland described the move as a ‘huge step forwards’ in making naloxone, which is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, available in all clinical […] The post Scotland introduces national naloxone emergency supply appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Incidental Finding on Bedside Echo

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

A 48-year-old female with a past medical history of opioid use disorder on suboxone presents with abdominal pain for one day. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2021 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2021 – all rights reserved. Atrial Myxoma.

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Registration is closing soon for SMi’s 22nd Annual Pain Therapeutics Conference

pharmaphorum

SMi Group Reports: The leading Pain Therapeutics Conference will take place for its 22nd consecutive year on 4th and 5th May 2022 in London, UK to explore novel compounds and treatments for pain: opioids and the alternatives. There is also still a need to move away from Opioids based pain treatment.

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Phenobarbital as First-Line Medication for Alcohol Withdrawal: Have You Switched From Benzodiazepines Yet?

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

As a corollary, exercise caution when administering phenobarbital to patients at risk for sedation from any cause, such as hepatic encephalopathy, benzodiazepine abuse, and opioid abuse. Which patients treated with phenobarbital require admission?

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Inaugural Roundtable Explores the Intersection of Federal and State Health Policy

Putting Patients First Blog

Other trends highlighted by Hughes included utilization management, pharmacy benefit manager transparency, and the opioid crisis. Many states have expanded or are planning to expand coverage from six to 12 months.

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Why we need to talk about History in Medical Education More often

The Digital Apothecary

Take for instance the current opioid epidemic. Medical, Pharmacy, Nursing) are rapidly expanding classes around opioid-related overdoses and how to develop services for addiction or how to help with acute overdoses (i.e. The opioid epidemic aside, another issue we are currently facing is the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.

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