1/4 For today’s #SundaySpotlight, I would like to revisit this week’s big news--@CDCgov 2018 preliminary data showing 5.1%
in drug overdose deaths after a decades-long rising trend. Read more via @WashingtonPost
https://wapo.st/2Yg0I2j
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3/4 A key contributor to this decline was a dip in deaths from prescription opioids. As I wrote in
@JAMAInternalMed, physicians play a vital role in responding to#OpioidEpidemic. It’s important they talk—and listen!—to patients in pain. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2723622 …Show this thread -
4/4 Another factor contributing to fewer drug overdose deaths, experts say, could be
availability of naloxone. My message to you: Be prepared, #GetNaloxone and know how to use it. It could mean the difference between life and death. Learn more:https://bit.ly/30GIogmShow this thread
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There will never be a victory against addiction. Opioids aren’t the only drug being abused
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Do you really think that chronic pain patients haven’t tried alternative treatments. Now they’re being prescribed suboxone and buprenorphine which is against the FDA’s recommendation for off label use
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All bullshit. ANYONE can fabricate statistics. Without a good explanation, it's meaningless.
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