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Dec 28, 20213 min read

Opioid Prescribing Patterns by Drug Type: The Pennsylvania Experience.

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

Dec 28, 20219 min read

A Pennsylvania PDMP Analysis: Top 5 Pennsylvania Counties  by Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths

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

Dec 28, 20214 min read

Pennsylvania PDMP Analysis: Comparative Opioid Prescribing Trends in Allegheny County & Philadelphia

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

Dec 28, 20215 min read

Racial Disparities in Opioid-Related Deaths Among US Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

Dec 28, 20218 min read

Naloxone Access and its Importance in Combating the Opioid Crisis

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