From June 2018 JAMA Between 2001 and 2016, the number of opioid-related deaths in the United States increased by 345%, from 9489 to 42 245 deaths (33.3 to 130.7 deaths per million population). By 2016, men accounted for 67.5% of all opioid-related deaths, and the median (interquartile range) age at death was 40 (30-52) years. The… Read More
From May 1, 2018 LA Times and JAMA The U.S. opioid crisis has passed a dubious milestone: Overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl have surpassed deaths involving prescription opioids. This switch occurred in 2016, according to data published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. And it seemed to happen pretty suddenly. Data from the National… Read More
The FDA approved on November15, 2017 a new type considered a “first-in-class” electric neurostimulation device to relieve symptoms of opioid withdrawal. The NSS-2 Bridge device is a small, battery-powered electrical nerve stimulator that is placed behind a patient’s ear and emits electrical pulses to stimulate branches of certain cranial nerves. Patients can use the device… Read More
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