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Mashup Score: 1Fentanyl Facts - 2 year(s) ago
What to do if you think someone is overdosingIt may be hard to tell whether a person is high or experiencing an overdose. If you aren’t sure, treat it like an overdose—you could save a life. Call 911 Immediately.* Administer naloxone, if available.** Try to keep the person awake and breathing. Lay the person on their side to prevent choking. Stay with the person until emergency assistance…
Source: www.cdc.govCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1INCB, UNODC and WHO Joint Statement on Access to Controlled Medicines in Emergencies - 2 year(s) ago
Recognizing World Humanitarian Day 2021, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) once again call on governments to facilitate access to medicines containing controlled substances in emergency settings, …. [Read more]
Source: www.incb.orgCategories: Latest Headlines, Palliative MedicineTweet-
We trust it includes essential #palliativecare medicines on the @WHO Model List Section Two. @INCB_President allows for whatever needed #opioids #morphine in emergencies https://t.co/DGbyc9N9Si https://t.co/tOjNeVJGH4
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Mashup Score: 39Fentanyl Facts - 2 year(s) ago
What to do if you think someone is overdosingIt may be hard to tell whether a person is high or experiencing an overdose. If you aren’t sure, treat it like an overdose—you could save a life. Call 911 Immediately.* Administer naloxone, if available.** Try to keep the person awake and breathing. Lay the person on their side to prevent choking. Stay with the person until emergency assistance…
Source: www.cdc.govCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
#FentanylAwarenessDay: Fentanyl is a synthetic #opioid up to 50x stronger than heroin and 100x stronger than #morphine. Drugs may contain deadly amounts of fentanyl and you wouldn’t be able to see it, smell it, or taste it. Learn more: https://t.co/8s6JGP3E1i #StopOverdose https://t.co/TrJdrBpr1D
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Mashup Score: 5
MSK CME, Global Palliative Care and Pain Relief Research Hub (Webinar Series), 2/24/2022 9:00:00 AM – 12/15/2022 10:30:00 AM,
This complimentary webinar series, held every other month, is a collaborative venture between the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Supportive Care Service, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer…
Source: mskcc.cloud-cme.comCategories: Latest Headlines, Palliative MedicineTweet-
Stefano Berterame @INCB "Drug control conventions commit state parties to ensuring adequate access to essential controlled meds" Most #Morphine used for #codeine meaning too expensive #opioids. Training the main barrier! @BRosa_PhD @FElici Sign up here! https://t.co/0vwjjxWwti… https://t.co/bmJ2jY6Ha0
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Replicate efforts such as those in #Uganda @HospiceAfricaUg @PCAU with generic oral #morphine #Nurse prescribing the key, through advocacy & leadership. #MSK Pain & #Palliative Care Hub @BRosa_PhD https://t.co/0vwjjxWwti…📒#hpm SIGN UP NOW to view recording get CMEs https://t.co/SnYOigopGx
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Mashup Score: 4Fentanyl Facts - 2 year(s) ago
What to do if you think someone is overdosingIt may be hard to tell whether a person is high or experiencing an overdose. If you aren’t sure, treat it like an overdose—you could save a life. Call 911 Immediately.* Administer naloxone, if available.** Try to keep the person awake and breathing. Lay the person on their side to prevent choking. Stay with the person until emergency assistance…
Source: www.cdc.govCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Fentanyl is a synthetic #opioid up to 50x stronger than heroin and 100x stronger than #morphine. Drugs may contain deadly amounts of fentanyl and you wouldn’t be able to see it, smell it, or taste it. Learn more: https://t.co/8s6JGP3E1i #StopOverdose https://t.co/J4Fy0XXUH6
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Mashup Score: 1Common Medicines’ Effect on Infectious Disease - 2 year(s) ago
Popular pain and fever-reducing drugs can have unintended consequences when it comes to infectious diseases.
Source: Contagion LiveCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A clinical review by @Sydney_Uni scientists found that common painkillers, such as #NSAIDs and #morphine can influence the immune system in different ways including before vaccination and increased risk of #infection #IDTwitter https://t.co/WteuPmrnIr https://t.co/nJXQ2jUx3p
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Mashup Score: 5Responding to the opioid crisis in North America and beyond: recommendations of the Stanford–Lancet Commission - 2 year(s) ago
The Stanford–Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis was formed in response to soaring opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the USA and Canada over the past 25 years. The Commission is supported by Stanford University and brings together diverse Stanford scholars and other leading experts across the USA and Canada, with the goals of understanding the opioid crisis, proposing…
Source: The LancetCategories: Latest Headlines, Palliative MedicineTweet-
Happening now Responding to the opioid crisis in North America and beyond:recommendations of @Stanford–Lancet Commission. Supports recommendation for oral #morphine of @TheLancet Palliative Care @mrraj47 https://t.co/thFw60Lg1K
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Mashup Score: 1
What cannot be seen is important still. This issue features two moving photos submitted to the IAHPC Photo Contest by Lailatul Ferdous, of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The nurse, above, is applying henna even though the patient cannot see it, because she can feel it and is comforted by this everyday activity that she is no longer able to perform herself. The second photo accompanies a story on Dr….
Source: hospicecare.comCategories: Latest Headlines, Palliative MedicineTweet-
Hot off the press! January IAHPC newsletter #Malawi pharmacists #Advocacy retrospective & look forward #Morphine #Philippines Book review on PC in Lung Disease, Longtime member Gayatri Palak #India announcements & much more! https://t.co/85oX7kiCZs https://t.co/VVGjI1ckE4
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Mashup Score: 5
Uganda is challenging morphine’s reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug — and inspiring other African countries to do the same.
Source: NPR.orgCategories: Latest Headlines, Palliative MedicineTweet-
A Sip Of #Morphine: #Uganda's Old-School Solution To A Shortage Of Painkillers @HospiceAfricaUg @APCAssociation @DrLuyirika @zippyali @mjanebates @mrraj47 @palliumindia https://t.co/ZUWKvqFElI
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Mashup Score: 0
A new study has found that a 0.2% bolus concentration of ropivacaine in a continuous popliteal nerve block does not reduce rebound pain after foot and ankle surgery.
Source: www.anesthesiologynews.comCategories: Anesthesiology, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
0.2% bolus concentration of ropivacaine in a continuous popliteal nerve block does not reduce rebound pain after foot and ankle surgery. https://t.co/SJxXm1I8tt @RothmanOrtho @ASRA_Society #morphine #anklesurgery #footsurgery
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Fentanyl is a synthetic #opioid up to 50x stronger than heroin and 100x stronger than #morphine. Drugs may contain deadly amounts of fentanyl and you wouldn’t be able to see it, smell it, or taste it. Learn more: https://t.co/8s6JGOM2CI #StopOverdose https://t.co/QSGNLAMjy3