Topic: Opioid Crisis

Order Description
Drugs that affect CNS, & Drugs that are used for Pain & Substance Abuse.

It is troubling for us in this community to learn that in 2014 Manatee County had the most deaths due to heroin and fentanyl overdoses (see attached articlePreview the documentView in a new window).

The FDA & CDC recognizes this as a very troubling problem in America. Please review FDA’s response and review the new CDC Guidelines for Opioid Use!Preview the documentView in a new window

**Please conduct a literature review, read textbook, as well as information from CDC & FDA to prepare a scholarly discussionPreview the documentView in a new window on this “crisis” locally as well as nationally! Please check out statistics from the State of Florida.

Prompts:
•Current problem, locally and nationally
•Why Manatee county? Any historical information?
•Impact on our community… socio-economic [hospitals, agencies, families, employers, law enforcement, etc.]
•Impact on the nation?
•Solutions? short term; long term
•Problem with reporting?
•Personal impacts?

Opioid

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No required peer-response, but it is always nice to have a response… knowing others are reading your thoughts!

CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.March 2016.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window

Manatee County had most heroin, fentanyl deaths per capita in Florida in 2014.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window