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Kentucky making progress on Pew Charitable Trusts recommendations on addressing opioid crisis

“Pew’s recommendations range from ensuring that pregnant and parenting people receive high-quality care to increasing access to medications—the most effective therapy for opioid use disorder, and one that’s proven to help reduce overdose deaths,” said Alaina McBournie, a manager with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ substance use prevention and treatment initiative. “Together, these policies can help...

Proposed new CDC guidelines for treating pain would encourage use of non-opioid therapies first, avoid one-size-fits-all approach.

The new CDC guidelines recognize the dangers associated with opioids, but also recognize their value in treating pain. It offers 12 recommendations for clinicians who are prescribing opioids for adult outpatients with pain. They do not apply to patients suffering pain from cancer or sickle-cell disease, or those in end-of-life or palliative care. https://www.sentinel-echo.com/news/proposed-new-cdc-guidelines-for-treating-pain-would-encourage-use-of-non-opioid-therapies-first/article_097cd13e-8dad-11ec-85f9-db4457bfed8a.html

New Report Breaks Down Challenges Fueling Deadly US Opioid Crisis

Summaries of opioid epidemic related health policy coverage from major news organizations. https://khn.org/morning-breakout/new-report-breaks-down-challenges-fueling-deadly-us-opioid-crisis/

Doubling Opioid Overdose Deaths?!

Report warns opioid crisis has a ‘good chance’ of spreading globally as overdose deaths from all drugs increased during the pandemic. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/02/doubling-opioid-overdose-deaths-global-growth-lancet-stanford-study

Fresh Start Receives Federal Government Certification for its Grayson Health Clinic

Frankfort, Ky. (January 24, 2022) Fresh Start Health Clinic in the Carter County community of Grayson is now a designated Rural Health Clinic (RHC). This new certification is from the federal government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). As an RHC Fresh Start Health Clinic can increase its array of services to patients and expand...

Tell President Biden: The Addiction Crisis is a National Emergency

Tell the Biden administration to act — now. To turn the tide, leadership must focus on strategies and policies that will measurably save lives. https://takeaction.shatterproof.org/t6o9NCO?utm_source=bidenpetition&utm_medium=email&ea.tracking.id=&ea.campaigner.email=

Fresh Start Footprint Expands to Grayson

Charles Romans | The Daily Independent | Original article GRAYSON Fresh Start Health and Treatment Center officially opened an office in Grayson with a ribbon-cutting ceremony sponsored by the Grayson Chamber of Commerce. Fresh Start Health Systems Operation Manager Kristina Holtzapfel said the new location will serve Carter County and surrounding areas. “Here at Fresh...

Fresh Start Celebrates Recovery Month

Henry Culvyhouse | The Daily Independent | Original article ASHLAND The east side of Ashland is one of those corners of the land where poverty and drug addiction aren’t abstract concepts, but daily facts of life. On Wednesday, Fresh Start — a primary care addiction treatment provider — had a message for folks suffering from...

Buprenorphine as Treatment for Opioid Addiction

Medication-assisted treatment or MAT is an important form of help available to those that are suffering from opioid addiction. For many, it’s very difficult to recover on their own even when they desperately want to return to a normal life. For long-term recovery, the use of Buprenorphine can be a critical component of therapy. Combined...