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GhanaboyPharmd
I was reading through the clinical studies that you cited in the article and i think this particular discussion is very nuanced and not as black and white as you
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Ryan Howard
rhowMD
Our new study in @AnnalsofSurgery looked at new persistent opioid use after inguinal hernia repair.What is that and why is it important, you ask?A brief thread... 1/9https://twitter.com/AnnalsofSurgery/status/1334509269627129859 2/9 "N
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Dan Diamond
ddiamond
SCOOP: HHS to get rid of the “X” waiver that limited which doctors could prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addiction.Physicians have clamored for this as opioid epidemic worsened. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/health-care/whiteboa
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Emily Deans MD 💫
evolutionarypsy
Gentle note to writers: opioid use *constricts* the pupil. Withdrawal causes dilation. If you are a writer and want a nice layperson introduction to effects of opioid intoxication and withdrawal,
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Stefan Kertesz, MD
StefanKertesz
1/My latest:"What Makes a Prescriber Stop Opioid Prescriptions if they Believe it Could Harm the Patient? Let’s Talk About Metrics and Systems" -tries to reduce confusion about how US health
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Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW
MyHarmReduction
Reminder: opioids are a CLASS of drugs. It’s an umbrella term that can include a number of drugs with similar psychoactive and physiological effects:- legal and illegal;- prescribed or not;-
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Hawkeye Pierce
Origandclever
1/4 This is based on StatCan Data Available Here https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1310079201I welcome critical appraisal. 2/4 There was 192 excess opioid deaths from Mar 18 - June 30, 2021. Public Health estimates
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Kassandra Kitz
KassandraKitz
We have always maintained that harm reduction is part of the continuum of care in Alberta. We have not reduced services in AB. In fact, we have the highest on
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Stefan Kertesz, MD
StefanKertesz
1/I'm excited that Dr. @AjayManhapra is presenting on concerns about mandatory opioid taper for VA's MAT-VA journal club, based on our shared paper... he notes Human costs of mandatory and
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Michael L. Barnett
ml_barnett
New paper! Led by the great @hannahneprash along with stellar RA Marema Gaye.In @JournalGIM we take a close look at how chronic opioid users in Medicare have had their therapy
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Kelly Doran MD MHS
KellyMDoran
I can't wait for the day when attention to the "opioid crisis" fully acknowledges the profound importance of having safe housing and enough food. Brief thread & review of a
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Alexa MacLean 🏳️🌈
AlexaMacLean902
So, just so everyone in N.S. knows b/c this information hasn't been released publicly by way of a provincial press release. There were 96 overdose deaths (confirmed/probable acute drug toxicity)
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Kellie Williford
WillifordKellie
It's late, but it took a bit to write this out. Today for #BlackInNeuroWeek we're focusing on #NeuroRacism and ways our work has been #NeuroComplicit in perpetuating racism. And I've
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Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽
meganranney
Can we talk about the knock-on effects of #COVID19, yet?Provisional counts for drug overdose deaths in the US show an 18% increase - primarily #opioid-related - from May 2019-May 2020...
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Eugenia (Gina) South, MD MS
Eugenia_South
Black people are dying from opioid OD in Philly at alarming rates since COVID-19 In @JAMANetworkOpen, we use public data to compare fatal/nonfatal OD in months after stay-at-home to months
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zachary siegel
ZachWritesStuff
Stumbled upon an interesting and thorny story of opioid crisis advocacy that involves @amyklobuchar using a false story. Klobuchar says in a press release that this young woman’s death was
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