Pain Management Newsroom

May 19, 2020

ACEP Hosts Summit on Impact of Stigma and OUD in Emergency Settings

On January 23, 2020, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) convened a summit, “Addressing the Opioid Stigma in the Emergency Department.”

September 23, 2019

Bills in the House & Senate to “Deregulate” Buprenorphine and Other Legislative & Regulatory News

As discussed in a recent “ACEP 911, Legislative Network Weekly Update” newsletter, there are now bills in the US House (HR 2482) and the US Senate (SR 2074) which seek to “deregulate” buprenorphine pr...

September 19, 2018

You’ve Got a Friend: Eva’s Village Opioid Overdose Recovery Program and Peer Recovery Specialists

The opioid epidemic continues to claim lives. While physicians have drastically changed their prescribing efforts, and prescribing laws have changed to reduce prescription opioid exposure, illicit opi...

September 19, 2018

Update on ACEP’s Opioid Advocacy Efforts

The U.S. House of Representatives spent two weeks in June completing floor consideration on bills to help address the opioid epidemic, which was the culmination of months of legislative hearings and m...