Medicines and Prescribing

Medicating intranasally can benefit emergency patients

ACEP Applauds Passage of Opioid Crisis Response Act

ACEP Leader Testifies Before Congress on Combating the National Opioid Crisis

ACEP Responds to Newly Released Drug Shortages Task Force Report

ACEP Supports Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders

ACEP Supports HHS Recommendations on Safe Opioid Use and ALTO Protocols

Adverse Drug Reactions

American College of Emergency Physicians and American Society of Anesthesiologists Issue Joint Statement on Ketamine Use

Antibiotics

Certain Antibiotic-Resistant Infections On the Rise, New Research Shows

Emergency Departments Help Close Gaps in Opioid Abuse and Addiction Treatment

Emergency Departments Not a Major Source of Opioid Prescriptions, New Study Shows

Emergency Medications Act Expected To Become Law

Emergency Physicians Champion Alternatives to Opioids

Emergency Physicians Support CDC Recommendations to Administer the Flu Vaccination in Immigration Detention Centers to Prevent Mass Outbreak

Emergency Physicians Urge Policymakers to Remove Obstacles to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Emergency Physicians Welcome New FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn

FDA Launches Drug Shortage Task Force

FDA Urged to Bring Stakeholders Together For Comprehensive and Permanent Solutions to Drug Shortage Crisis

Got Hives? Hold the Steroids

IV Contrast for CT Is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Acute Kidney Injury

Medication History for Patients on Blood Thinners Is Critical to EMS

Medication-Assisted Treatment Helps Patients Avoid Opioid Withdrawal Complications

Medicines and Prescribing

New Study: Transfusions with Older Blood Linked to Adverse Events, Death

Opioid Abuse Can Take Hold when Patients Obtain Prescriptions After Visiting an Emergency Department, NEJM Study Finds

Patients Who Get Opioids in the ER Are Less Likely to Use Them Long Term

Peroxide Ingestion, Promoted by Alternative Medicine, Can Be Deadly

Placebo and Valium Are Equally Effective for Acute Lower Back Pain in the ER

Research Offers New Insights Into the Opioid Crisis

Substance Use Disorders