Proper Opioid Dosage
How much opioid pain medication do you need if you’ve had an operation or an injury? It might surprise you to hear that we don’t really know.
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Profession-Specific Resources for Opioid Exposure
The public comes into contact with opioids and opioid misuse in many different ways. There are some professions that have specific concerns around opioid exposure.
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Questions about how to handle opioid misuse?
If you suspect someone has overdosed on opioids, first call 911. If you want to learn more about naloxone,the drug that can reverse an opioid overdose, here is a nice video from the American Medical Association describing the different forms and how they are administered.
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Proper Methods of Opioid Disposal
Getting rid of unused medications can seem like a pain. I’m a doctor who studies opioid misuse, but even so when I recently went through the medicine cabinets at home, I found over 100 opioid tablets accumulated over a decade.
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