ANASTASIA A. MITAYANINA, BS SUMMARY POINTS Less than 10% of Dermatologists prescribe opioids. There has been an overall decrease in...

ANISHA SINGH, BS SUMMARY POINTS Mu-opioid receptors are found in a variety of organs that can influence fertility, such as the...

John Bodnar, MS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Buprenorphine or methadone use in the perioperative period is challenging due to...

News from Your Pennsylvania Pain Society FREE VIRTUAL WEBINAR AUGUST 11, 2022 Bhavna Bali MD, Penn State Health and Mark Fuller MD,...

Dr. Asif Ilyas discusses Anatomic and Procedure Specific Guidelines to curb Opioid Prescriptions with Orthopedics Today. Read more.

Impact of an Educational Intervention on the Opioid Knowledge and Prescribing Behaviors of Resident Physicians AUTHORS Pankti Acharya,...

AUTHORS CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF M. ILYAS, MD, MBA ABSTRACT Background The opioid epidemic is a major public health crisis in the United...

CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF M. ILYAS, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring (PDMP) data showed a 33% decrease in the...

Brock K. Bakewell, MPH Chaim Miller, BA Matthew B. Sherman, BS Asif M. Ilyas, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS: In 2016 nearly 2 million opioid...

Ramin Talebi, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid prescribing rates and prescription opioid overdose rates are trending down,...

Kimberly Townsend, M.S. Jenna Adalbert, M.P.H. Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Drug-induced deaths have increased in the last...

Danielle Lehman, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 80% of...

Mike Heller, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Naloxone (Narcan) is an opioid receptor antagonist that can be used to rapidly...

Kevin Rooney, BS, Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif M. Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS Summary Points In 2019, PA ranked 26th in state opioid prescription...

Dominic Farronato Summary Points: A pill mill is a medical practice that inappropriately prescribes large amounts of opioid drugs without...

John Waters, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Understanding patterns of prescription distribution is key...

John Waters, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Understanding patterns of prescription distribution is key...

Austin Saline, BA Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS The first wave of the “Opioid Epidemic” was related to prescription opioids...

CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS The PDMP remains the single most studied legislative action addressing the...

Chaim Miller, BA Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS Takeaway Points: The CDC categorized the past 20 years of drug overdose data into 3 waves to...