ACEP Leadership Addresses Opioid Crisis, Mass Shootings, and Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act
The ACEP leadership team works tirelessly to improve the field of emergency medicine. Here’s a selection of…
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ACEP Leadership Addresses Opioid Crisis, Mass Shootings, and Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act
The ACEP leadership team works tirelessly to improve the field of emergency medicine. Here’s a selection of... -
Opinion: We Have Effective Treatments for Opioid Addiction—Why Don’t We Use Them?
The Case A 32-year-old female with anxiety and recent bimalleolar ankle fracture presents requesting help with her... -
Facts About the Opium Poppy
Click here for question. Answer As an opioid, Papaver somniferum and its derivatives cause miosis. Background The...
Opinion: We Have Effective Treatments for Opioid Addiction—Why Don’t We Use Them?
The Case A 32-year-old female with anxiety and recent bimalleolar ankle fracture presents requesting help with her…
Facts About the Opium Poppy
Click here for question. Answer As an opioid, Papaver somniferum and its derivatives cause miosis. Background The…
What Is This Dreamy Flower’s Dangerous Secret?
Question Does this toxin cause miosis or mydriasis? Click here for answer. Dr. Hack (Oleander Photography) is…
The Facts About Abstral (Sublingual Fentanyl) Tablets
A bstral is a sublingual (SL) dosage form of the pure opioid agonist fentanyl. It’s approved by the…
Do Emergency Physicians Need Yet Another Fentanyl Option?
Much has been written about the opioid crisis in America. Alternative medication regimens have been proposed. The…
Manage Pain Without Opioids
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Occupational strains and sprains are common presentations to the emergency physician. At the same time, there…
Discover Opioid Alternatives and How to Get Paid for Using Them
With the country’s opioid epidemic continuing to worsen, Alexis M. LaPietra, DO, an emergency physician at St….
Emergency Physician Runs Methadone Clinic to Treat Opioid Addicts
I am a residency-trained, American Board of Emergency Medicine–certified emergency physician and proud of it. I have…
Opinion: Emergency Physicians Need Better Education on Medical Cannabis
I was disappointed by the one-sided argument published in ACEP Now’s May 2017 article “Experiencing the Dangers…