PubMed Update February 2016

Ten articles for February 2016.

1) As opioid overdose deaths reach record highs, call for systematic changes grows louder.

[No authors listed]

ED Manag. 2016 Feb;28(2):13-9.

Comments: Review of the new CDC opioid prescribing guidelines.

2) Australia reschedules naloxone for opioid overdose.

Lenton SR, Dietze PM, Jauncey M.

Med J Aust. 2016 Mar 7;204(4):146-7. No abstract available.

Comments: Naloxone can now be over the counter in Australia, but there’s some work to be done in product design.

3) Science Over Stigma: Saving Lives-Implementation of Naloxone Use in the School Setting.

King R.

NASN Sch Nurse. 2016 Mar;31(2):96-101. doi: 10.1177/1942602X16628890.

Comments: Naloxone for school nurses in Delaware.

4) Electrocardiogram Abnormality Associated with Methadone Overdose.

Agahi M, Shakoori V, Marashi SM.

Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2016 Feb;16(1):e113-4. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.022. Epub 2016 Feb 2. No abstract available.

Comments: Long QT interval is a side effect of high methadone doses.