New research from the University of Pittsburgh, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), finds that between 2021 and 2023, young women… Read more
Category: addiction
UPMC Telemedicine Toxicology Bridge Clinic Successful in Treating Patients With Opioid Use Disorder
As communities grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers were still in the midst of a different crisis: the opioid epidemic. Stay-at-home orders affected treatment… Read more
How Pitt Researchers are Spreading the Word About Harmful Xylazine
Researchers across the country are noticing an increased presence of life-threatening xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, that is frequently showing up in the nation’s illicit opioid… Read more
FDA approval of over-the-counter Narcan is an important step in the effort to combat the U.S. opioid crisis
On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan for over-the-counter sale. Narcan is the 4-milligram nasal spray version of naloxone, a medication that can… Read more
UPMC Trial for Safer Pain Management for Trauma Patients
Fentanyl is widely recognized as a highly potent and deadly street drug, accounting for countless overdose deaths in the ongoing opioid epidemic, but it does… Read more