Dr. Paul Christo, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, joined “NewsNation Prime” to discuss the emerging threat of the animal tranquilizer xylazine, and how it is interacting with the fentanyl crisis....
For many patients, the first 72 hours following surgery can be the most painful due to inflammation at the surgical site.1 Inflammation is a significant component of postoperative pain as it peaks around 24 hours after surgery and remains high through the first 72...
For many patients, surgery can be painful, especially in the first 72 hours after surgery. 1 Healthcare providers have options available to them to treat postoperative pain, but those options don’t always provide patients with adequate pain relief. In fact, most local...
Originally published on Avenue News Deaths from drug overdose are soaring in Baltimore County amid a nationwide opioid epidemic that has affected all walks of life. Yet even as overdoses, particularly those involving synthetic opioid fentanyl, continue to rise, local...
Now we have an update on the opioid crisis gripping the nation. In Wisconsin, Eau Claire County is set to receive a settlement of over $3 million. It’s part of a nationwide settlement against opioid producers. NTD spoke with Doctor Paul Christo to learn more about the...
It’s killed more young people than Covid or car accidents and deaths continue to rise. Fentanyl overdoses have been described as a national emergency because deaths continue to rise. We talked to a pain specialist expert about what can be done to save lives....
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