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A Problem-Based Learning Case on Prescription Drug Abuse - Patient S.K.

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Examines prescription drug abuse and offers a case study to help students understand the screening and diagnostic tools available for alcohol and drug abuse.

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Patient-Centered Learning: Substance Abuse in a Physician - The Connor Johnson Case

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Highlights substance abuse among physicians and offers a case study to help students understand the risks and signs of drug abuse in the physician population.

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Prescription Drug Abuse: An Introduction

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Provides an overview of prescription drug abuse, framed within the clinical scenario of chronic pain management in the outpatient setting.

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Opioid Risk Management Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCE)

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Uses performance-based assessments to examine approaches to managing patients who require long term opioid analgesics for chronic pain.

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Meeting Reviews Progress On Prescription Opioid Misuse

Describes a meeting of researchers and clinicians who gathered to discuss the challenges in balancing appropriate pain treatment with efforts to minimize prescription opioid misuse.

Basic Science Discoveries Yield Novel Approaches to Analgesia

Describes research to develop new compounds that match or exceed the pain relief provided by opioids while avoiding their shortcomings.

Recognition for NIDA Notes Science Writing

Announces NIDA Notes’ first place 2009 award that salutes superior communications efforts of government agencies.

Some Teens Reporting Nonmedical Use of Prescriptions Develop Disorders

Reports teen drug abuse based on 2006-2007 data from a national survey on drug use and health and compares differences by gender.

Información sobre los medicamentos de prescripción

Foto de varios medicamentos de prescripción

Las clases de medicamentos de prescripción que se abusan comúnmente incluyen los opioides, los depresores del sistema nervioso central que también se conocen como "sedantes" o "tranquilizantes" y los estimulantes.

Visitas a las salas de emergencias por consumo de drogas

Los cálculos a nivel nacional sobre las visitas a las salas de emergencias relacionadas con el consumo de drogas se obtienen de la Red de Alerta sobre el Abuso de Drogas (DAWN, por sus siglas en inglés).1,2 La DAWN es un sistema de vigilancia de salud pública administrado por la Administración de Servicios sobre el Abuso de Sustancias y Salud Mental (SAMHSA, por sus siglas en inglés), una dependencia del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés).

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