opioids
In "An Institutional Approach to Managing the Opioid Crisis," the authors describe the elements of Mayo Clinic's Opioid Stewardship Program. The [...]
Evidence that opioids provide pain relief for migraine headaches is low or insufficient, a large Mayo Clinic meta-analysis published recently in [...]
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Emergency department visit rates because of an opioid overdose increased by 28.5% across the U.S. in 2020, compared to 2018 and 2019, [...]
ROCHESTER, Minn. ― The opioid epidemic in the U.S. is becoming a bigger problem medically, socially and financially, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made it [...]
On the Mayo Clinic Radio program, Dr. Jennifer Martinez-Thompson, a Mayo Clinic neurologist, discusses diagnosis and treatment options for Lou Gehrig's disease, also [...]
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Chronic pain affects a large proportion of older adults and most long-term care residents. Managing chronic pain effectively is essential but challenging, and it has [...]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that in 2018, over 10 million teens and adults misused opioids. The prescription of opioids to treat patient pain [...]
PHOENIX — Mayo Clinic in Arizona has been recognized as a Center of Excellence for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), the second medical center in [...]
ROCHESTER, Minn. — A pain management regimen without opioids offered the same pain relief as common prescription opioids, according to two recent studies of common [...]