An editorial from JAMA, published January 8, 2025, titled "Safe and Sufficient—Ibuprofen for Pediatric Musculoskeletal Injuries" by Jessica B. Calihan, et al. The article discusses pain management in youth seeking emergency care for musculoskeletal injuries.

💬 Editorial: Randomized clinical trials by Ali et al found no incremental benefit of #hydromorphone over ibuprofen for acute musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents and highlighted higher rates of adverse events with #opioid use.

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JAMA study on children's pain relief with nonoperative acute limb injury. 699 children randomized; ibuprofen alone or with acetaminophen/hydromorphone. Findings: no significant pain score reduction with added acetaminophen/hydromorphone.

For children with acute nonoperative limb injuries, pain scores did not improve with addition of either #acetaminophen (paracetamol) or #hydromorphone to #ibuprofen; adverse events were higher with hydromorphone.

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Potent new drug turning up in counterfeit pills in Greater Victoria Drug-checking service warns the synthetic opioid nitazene is showing up in counterfeit pills sold as oxycodone, percocet and hydromorphone.

"The synthetic opioid #nitazene, first detected in Canada’s drug supply in 2019, is showing up on #VancouverIsland in counterfeit pressed pills sold as #oxycodone, #percocet and #hydromorphone, according to @uvic.ca Substance Drug Checking" #BritishColumbia #BC www.timescolonist.com/local-news/p...

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Every morning, all my life,
I wake up with a "Morning Migraine"

Every Morning.

This last month I tried #Hydromorphone, in the morning.
What a horrible, Horrible drug.

No Pain <--
No Joy
No Happiness

Avoid, if you can
I was SO angry on it!

I prefer the pain

#SideEffects #Dilaudid

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Gary Lynch Just took about ten minutes ago at 9:50 pm EST: Two tabs of #LSD, #3grams of #Psilocybin, #16mg of #Hydromorphone, two #2gram #cannabiscigarettes and #350grams of #magicmushroomtea and...

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‘Close call': Pharmacy hands Comox mom opioid instead of ADHD drugs for child, 9 Sarah Paquin, mother of three young children, said the medication mixup could have been catastrophic for her son

"A #Comox couple is warning other parents to double check their children’s prescriptions after a pharmacy wrongly dispensed #opioids for their nine-year-old instead of #ADHD medication" #dextroamphetamine #hydromorphone #VancouverIsland #BC www.timescolonist.com/local-news/c...

#opioidagonisttreatment #feasibility #harmreduction #heroinassistedtreatment #hydromorphone #iOAT #OAT #research #opioids #opioidcrisis #publichealth #ScienceCommunication #GOEG #EHRC2024

London police chief urged to 'set record straight' on safe supply programs The physician who runs London's Safer Opioid Supply program is calling on police Chief Thai Truong to clarify comments he made to MPs

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Studies have shown her patients experience improved health and quality of life, and fewer overdoses, hospital visits and police interactions
But in the past two years, #safersupply has come under attack by Conservative politicians
#HarmReduction #hydromorphone #Dilaudid