Taking Care of Your Mental Health During Challenging Times
By now, you know what you should be doing to be safer and limit the spread of COVID-19, but what are you doing to take care of your mental health?
April 1, 2020
SAMHSA COVID-19 Guidance for Opioid Treatment Programs
Guidance on pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder (OUD) availability in circumstances in which patients may be exposed to highly contagious infectious agents (such as COVID-19)
March 16, 2020
Open Houses, Open Cabinets: Prescription Drug Theft in the Home
You would never leave dangerous or valuable items out when opening your home to strangers. Yet many people don’t think about locking away or disposing of prescription medicines when preparing their home for sale. No one can have eyes everywhere when multiple people are viewing
October 21, 2019
Cordant’s Data Uncovers the Hidden Challenges of Medication Management in Mental Health
DENVER (July 11, 2019) – Cordant Health Solutions™ (Cordant), today released internal data that document that integrating medication monitoring tools into a mental health practice is effective in both supporting patients’ ability to manage their medication and decreasing risk-taking behavior. Approximately 1 in 5 adults
July 11, 2019
CDC: Some Policies on Prescribing Opioids Inconsistent with CDC Guideline
As prescribers attempt to prevent and even reverse the over-prescribing of opioids to reduce misuse and overdose, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that some practices being attributed to its 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (Guideline) are inconsistent with
May 2, 2019
Cordant CORE—The Next Generation Of Medication Monitoring
DENVER (May 1, 2019) – Cordant Health Solutions™, a provider of innovative tools for monitoring and managing behavioral health and chronic pain patients through its unique pharmacy and drug testing programs, released data today detailing how a patented medication monitoring test, Cordant CORE™, can supply
May 1, 2019
CDC: Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths with Kratom Detected
A report recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that kratom, a widely available herbal supplement, was found to be the a cause of at least 91 overdose deaths in the U.S. between 2016 and 2017. Kratom, which has been
April 29, 2019
Accidental Ingestion of Medications Leading Cause of Pediatric ER Visits
Cordant’s Prescription Drug Take-Back Program Has Helped Remove More Than 214,000 Pills From Homes DENVER (April 26, 2019) – Cordant Health Solutions™ (Cordant), a provider of innovative tools for monitoring and managing behavioral health and chronic pain patients through its unique pharmacy and drug testing
April 26, 2019
Patients Continue to Use Alcohol and Prescription Drugs Concurrently
Cordant Study Finds Patients Continue to Use Alcohol and Prescription Drugs Concurrently, Despite Label Warnings As part of Alcohol Awareness Month, Cordant Health Solutions™ (Cordant), a provider of innovative tools for chronic pain, mental health and workers’ compensation providers through its uniquely integrated drug testing
April 24, 2019
Cordant and Community Leaders Discuss Ways to End Stigma Surrounding Opioid Addiction and Treatment
BECKLEY, W.Va. (April 16, 2019) – Cordant Health Solutions™, a leading provider of innovative tools for monitoring and managing behavioral health and chronic pain through its unique pharmacy and drug testing programs, with local community leaders, came together for an important roundtable last week to
April 18, 2019
Could Gabapentin be America’s Next Drug of Abuse?
As providers try to find non-addictive alternatives to opioids to treat pain, prescriptions for off-label use of gabapentin have been climbing. Perhaps best known for treating pain associated with shingles, gabapentin does not show affinity for the same types of receptor sites in the brain
February 19, 2019
U.S. Opioid Overdose Epidemic Continues to Evolve and Grow
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a new study1 that confirms an increase in drug overdose deaths in 2017 compared with the previous year. The study reveals that of the 70,237 drug overdose deaths in 2017, 47,600 (67.8 percent) involved opioids, representing
December 27, 2018