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Early Physical Therapy Can Reduce Risk, Amount of Long-Term Opioid Use
Physical therapy within three months of a musculoskeletal pain diagnosis reduced patients’ risk of long-term opioid use by about 10 percent, according to a study by researchers at Stanford and Duke.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Stanford University
Designing Drugs to Minimize Unwanted Side Effects
By combining computer simulations with laboratory experiments, an international research team revealed something new about a molecular pathway that enables roughly half of all medications to achieve their desired effects – but is also responsible for many side effects.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Stanford University
Hospital Discharges for Prescription Opioids Down, Heroin Discharges Surge
Hospital discharges related to prescription opioids have declined slightly in recent years, but heroin-related discharges have surged, according to a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | University Research | The Crisis | Stanford University
Researchers Identify Source of Opioids’ Side Effects
Two side effects of opioids — growing tolerance to the drugs and increased sensitivity to pain — may be specifically caused by the drugs’ effect on peripheral pain neurons in the body, not those in the spinal cord or brain, according to a new study.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University Research | Stanford University
Compound Kills Pain as Well as Morphine But May Lack Overdose Risk
Researchers have identified a novel compound that appears to exhibit painkilling power comparable to morphine but lacks that drug’s most lethal property: respiratory suppression, which results in some 30,000 drug overdose deaths annually in the United States.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Stanford University
Surgeries Found to Increase Risk of Chronic Opioid Use
A new study reinforces the need for surgeons and physicians to monitor patients' use of opioid painkillers following surgery and use alternative methods of pain control whenever possible.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | University Research | The Crisis | Stanford University
Overprescribing of Opioids Is Not Limited to a Few Bad Apples
Most prescriptions for opioid painkillers are made by the broad swath of U.S. general practitioners, not by a limited group of specialists, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | University Research | The Crisis | Stanford University