To the Editor: The International Narcotics Control Board consistently reports that, despite an
extremely large number of transactions, little or no narcotic drugs are diverted from licit …

Medications prescribed to treat pain and psychiatric distress, such as opioids, sedatives, and
hypnotics, are drugs of widespread abuse in the US. Prescription of these medications are …

A recent report attributed increasing opioid analgesic mortality to “aggressive” pain
management [1]. While there is no question that increases in adverse and tragic health …

In the United States, the nonmedical use of prescription drugs is the second most common
illicit drug use, behind only marijuana. 1 According to the United States Centers for Disease …

One objective was to compare the proportion of doctor and pharmacy shoppers between
living and deceased users of controlled drug substances (CDS) in West Virginia. A second …

In this essay I will address the imperative nature of relieving pain due to its physiological
consequences. I will also reference sources that illustrate comprehensively how to do this. I also …

In 2000, the United States Congress proclaimed the decade commencing January 1, 2001,
as the “Decade of Pain Control and Research.” This review examines the progress, setbacks, …

Data from various sources suggest that the abuse of prescription opioids has risen dramatically
in the United States since the mid-1990s. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (…

Abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic formulations can help reduce the risk of opioid diversion
and abuse. Not all opioid analgesics are available as both extended- and immediate-release …

Objective Recent increases in the nonmedical use of pharmaceutical opioids and the adverse
outcomes associated with them have stimulated a large amount of research and data …