Opioid Use Disorder: OUD Diagnosis Criteria
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Managing Opioid Use Disorder with Medications: Diagnosing OUD
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Managing Opioid Use Disorder with Medications
May, 2021 Drug overdose deaths have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.Adults 18 years and older, pregnant women, and teens should be routinely screened for opioid use disorder (OUD) or unhealthy drug use.FDA approved medication-assisted treatment (MAT)...
Topical Steroids: Dose and Duration May Matter
Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis occurs in 30% of patients treated chronically with systemic corticosteroids (> 6 months) – and vertebral fractures are a common consequence. It’s thought that inhaled and topical formulations do not pose a similar...
New Drugs of 2020
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Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
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Immunization Update: Commonly Recommended Vaccines
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Comparison of Influenza and COVID-19
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Medical Cannabis: A Focus on Use in Chronic Pain
December, 2020 Interest in the use of Cannabis and cannabinoids to treat chronic pain is growing. The desire to reduce opioid use is leading patients with chronic pain to seek other treatment options, including medical Cannabis.The endocannabinoid system modulates...
Managing Overweight and Obese Patients
July, 2020 Candidates for weight loss are people who are either: 1) obese (BMI ? 30 kg/m2); or 2) overweight (BMI ? 25 kg/m2) with coexisting conditions related to obesity (eg, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis) or certain cardiovascular risk factors (eg, prediabetes or...