Small number of procedures account for large number of opioid prescriptions
A small number of surgical procedures, including orthopedic procedures and cesarean delivery, account for a large proportion of opioid prescriptions…
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A small number of surgical procedures, including orthopedic procedures and cesarean delivery, account for a large proportion of opioid prescriptions…
Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin, one of the main prescription opioids that stoked the US addiction and overdose epidemic beginning in the…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN) at St. Michael’s Hospital and Public Health…
Sergio Sismondo12, Maud Bernisson2 1Department of Philosophy, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada 2Institute for Science in Society, Radboud University, Nijmegen,…
This is a First Person column by Matthew Heneghan, who lives in Falkland, B.C. For more information about CBC’s First…
Toronto’s top doctor is calling the opioid overdose crisis a drug toxicity epidemic and is pushing for an empathetic health…
A new study has found that gene therapy using nanocarriers derived from mouse connective-tissue cells can repair damaged spinal discs…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Opioid dependence in Scotland remains high but largely stable, according to a new University of Bristol-led…
A class-action lawsuit has been authorized to proceed against 16 pharmaceutical companies for their role in manufacturing, selling, marketing and distributing opioid…
Opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experiencing a dramatic…