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Anchor lead: When opioids are combined with another drug, the chances of overdose increase, Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioid overdose is epidemic, and now a study in the British Medical Journal shows that when these drugs are taken with benzodiazapines such …
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This week’s topics include risks of gestational diabetes, managing low back pain, ED physician opioid prescribing, and cooling the scalp for chemotherapy. Program notes: 0:34 Risk of gestational diabetes to infant 1:33 Needing a C-section increased 2:32 Managing low back …
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Anchor lead: How can we stem the tide of opioid addiction? Elizabeth Tracey reports Prescription opioid drugs are useful and humane for those in extreme pain, but they are associated with predictable dependency and withdrawal issues, so physicians who prescribe …
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Anchor lead: What can one bioethicist’s experience teach us about the opioid crisis? Elizabeth Tracey reports A personal experience with being prescribed a plethora of opioid medications in the wake of several surgeries related to an accident has led Travis …
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This week’s topics include alcohol abuse and CVD, gun violence in adolescents, social networks and gun violence, and weekend warriors. Program notes: 0:34 Weekend warriors 1:34 Compared to sedentary, they did have a reduction in mortality 2:32 For those who …
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This week’s topics include statins and Alzheimer’s, teen substance use, national mortality data, and psychiatric drug use in American adults. Program notes: 0:33 Cause specific mortality in the US 1:35 At over 80 million deaths 2:32 Not terribly surprising to …
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Anchor lead: The Surgeon General has issued a report on substance abuse, Elizabeth Tracey reports Use of opioids is just one of the issues in the recently released Surgeon General’s report on addiction, which also covers multiple other drugs, including …
