UPDATE ON OCT. 24: This year’s events at 14 UPMC facilities and the University of Pittsburgh’s Nordenberg Pharmacy collected nearly 1,200 pounds of unwanted medications, eliminating… Read more
Tag: opioid abuse
Pitt Researcher Turns to Lock-In Programs to Prevent ‘Doctor Shopping’
Julie Donohue, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, has been working with the… Read more
Pitt Researchers Analyze Patterns of Prescribed Opioid Misuse
Dr. Thomas Songer, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, discusses his research on the opioid epidemic. His… Read more
Pitt Researcher Addresses Opioid Overdose as Leading Cause of Death in PA
Dr. Donald S. Burke, dean of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Jonas Salk Professor of Global Health at UPMC, discusses how… Read more
Pitt Pharmacy Holds Opioid Overdose Prevention Demonstration
As students arrived this week for the start of a new school year, nurses in the Pittsburgh Public Schools were prepared to combat the opioid epidemic.… Read more