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#opioids — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #opioids, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Loitering outside Calgary pharmacy raises concerns over safety

    On any given day, a number of people can bee seen in varied conditions loitering outside eRx Pharmacy…
    #NewsBeep #News #Calgary #Addictiontreatment #CA #Canada #opioids #safety #Sunalta
    newsbeep.com/ca/530360/

  2. Harvard Gazette: Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds . “Just 10 sessions of yoga can cut the length of the initial, most severe period of opioid withdrawal nearly in half, dramatically increasing the odds of successful recovery, new research shows.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/27/harvard-gazette-yoga-can-help-cut-severe-initial-opioid-withdrawal-period-in-half-study-finds/
  3. Harvard Gazette: Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds . “Just 10 sessions of yoga can cut the length of the initial, most severe period of opioid withdrawal nearly in half, dramatically increasing the odds of successful recovery, new research shows.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/27/harvard-gazette-yoga-can-help-cut-severe-initial-opioid-withdrawal-period-in-half-study-finds/
  4. Harvard Gazette: Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds . “Just 10 sessions of yoga can cut the length of the initial, most severe period of opioid withdrawal nearly in half, dramatically increasing the odds of successful recovery, new research shows.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/27/harvard-gazette-yoga-can-help-cut-severe-initial-opioid-withdrawal-period-in-half-study-finds/
  5. Harvard Gazette: Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds . “Just 10 sessions of yoga can cut the length of the initial, most severe period of opioid withdrawal nearly in half, dramatically increasing the odds of successful recovery, new research shows.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/27/harvard-gazette-yoga-can-help-cut-severe-initial-opioid-withdrawal-period-in-half-study-finds/
  6. Mirage News: Email Alerts Spur Database Use for Safer Prescribing . “A new randomized clinical trial finds that simple reminder emails substantially increase clinicians’ use of a database that supports safe prescribing of opioids and other drugs, even though opioid prescribing patterns themselves did not meaningfully change during the study period.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/30/mirage-news-email-alerts-spur-database-use-for-safer-prescribing/
  7. Mirage News: Email Alerts Spur Database Use for Safer Prescribing . “A new randomized clinical trial finds that simple reminder emails substantially increase clinicians’ use of a database that supports safe prescribing of opioids and other drugs, even though opioid prescribing patterns themselves did not meaningfully change during the study period.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/30/mirage-news-email-alerts-spur-database-use-for-safer-prescribing/
  8. Mirage News: Email Alerts Spur Database Use for Safer Prescribing . “A new randomized clinical trial finds that simple reminder emails substantially increase clinicians’ use of a database that supports safe prescribing of opioids and other drugs, even though opioid prescribing patterns themselves did not meaningfully change during the study period.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/30/mirage-news-email-alerts-spur-database-use-for-safer-prescribing/
  9. Mirage News: Email Alerts Spur Database Use for Safer Prescribing . “A new randomized clinical trial finds that simple reminder emails substantially increase clinicians’ use of a database that supports safe prescribing of opioids and other drugs, even though opioid prescribing patterns themselves did not meaningfully change during the study period.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/30/mirage-news-email-alerts-spur-database-use-for-safer-prescribing/
  10. The deal is among the largest in a series of opioid settlements brought by state & local governments against drugmakers, wholesalers & pharmacies that totaled about $50 billion. It could close a long chapter — & maybe the entire book — on a legal odyssey over efforts to hold the company to account for its role in an #OpioidCrisis connected to 900,000 deaths in the U.S. since 1999, including deaths from #heroin & illicit #fentanyl.

    #law #Sackler #PurduePharma #BigPharma #opioids

  11. Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with #OxyContin maker #Purdue & #Sackler family

    A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker #PurduePharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of #opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.

    #law
    apnews.com/article/purdue-phar

  12. OnWisconsin: AI Referrals Can Reduce Opioid Addiction. “In a recent UW study, an AI screening tool successfully identified hospitalized adults at risk for opioid use disorder and recommended referral to inpatient addiction specialists. The AI method was just as effective as a health provider in initiating addiction-specialist consultations and recommending monitoring of opioid withdrawal.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/13/onwisconsin-ai-referrals-can-reduce-opioid-addiction/

  13. OnWisconsin: AI Referrals Can Reduce Opioid Addiction. “In a recent UW study, an AI screening tool successfully identified hospitalized adults at risk for opioid use disorder and recommended referral to inpatient addiction specialists. The AI method was just as effective as a health provider in initiating addiction-specialist consultations and recommending monitoring of opioid withdrawal.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/13/onwisconsin-ai-referrals-can-reduce-opioid-addiction/

  14. OnWisconsin: AI Referrals Can Reduce Opioid Addiction. “In a recent UW study, an AI screening tool successfully identified hospitalized adults at risk for opioid use disorder and recommended referral to inpatient addiction specialists. The AI method was just as effective as a health provider in initiating addiction-specialist consultations and recommending monitoring of opioid withdrawal.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/13/onwisconsin-ai-referrals-can-reduce-opioid-addiction/

  15. OnWisconsin: AI Referrals Can Reduce Opioid Addiction. “In a recent UW study, an AI screening tool successfully identified hospitalized adults at risk for opioid use disorder and recommended referral to inpatient addiction specialists. The AI method was just as effective as a health provider in initiating addiction-specialist consultations and recommending monitoring of opioid withdrawal.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/13/onwisconsin-ai-referrals-can-reduce-opioid-addiction/

  16. OnWisconsin: AI Referrals Can Reduce Opioid Addiction. “In a recent UW study, an AI screening tool successfully identified hospitalized adults at risk for opioid use disorder and recommended referral to inpatient addiction specialists. The AI method was just as effective as a health provider in initiating addiction-specialist consultations and recommending monitoring of opioid withdrawal.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/13/onwisconsin-ai-referrals-can-reduce-opioid-addiction/

  17. WRAL: “Every life is worth saving”: How a UNC researcher’s website is connecting communities to naloxone. “Delesha Carpenter began her career as a researcher focused on pediatrics. A little over seven years ago, her path took an unexpected turn following the deaths of two close friends…. The website features an interactive map of all 100 North Carolina counties, rating them based on the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/30/every-life-is-worth-saving-how-a-unc-researchers-website-is-connecting-communities-to-naloxone-wral/