Summary and Lessons from the Research

Summary and Lessons from the Research
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Summary and Lessons from the Research
Outlining the past to present the history of the study of current policies and procedures in dealing with opioid overdose, the research provides an understanding on the policy frameworks that ensure prescribed opioids treat moderate to severe pain. Reviewing subsequent and more recent literature, the research helps in further drawing on the state lawmakers and the innovative policies that have been put in place to engage healthcare providers, state agencies, and other sectors in addressing the public health crisis while at the same time, ensuring the policies help people access to pain management services. From such analyses, the research elucidates on insightful evidence-based research that direct readers on the limits of opioid prescriptions.
The research further delves the analysis of opioids citing data that at least, substance abuse including opioid painkillers claim at least, 64,000 lives annually. The significance of the research and the statistics provided is that it offers evidence-based recommendations that healthcare providers and patients can use in primary care settings. The study further cites Thomas (2018) research to show how policy frameworks geared towards opioid management will help in the treatment of chronic ailments, end-of-life care, palliative care and cancer treatment.
The research further analyses the loopholes in previous government policy frameworks that allowed pharmaceutical companies to flood the United States thus creating a challenge in fighting chances of overdose.

Nonetheless, the research provides a recommendation that is based on existing scientific evidence. For instance, on the influx of drug traffickers flooding the market with psychoactive substances such as heroin, the research argues for the need to improve drug monitoring programs as a policy framework. Statistically arguing, the research also shows that prescription improvement practices and ways of managing treatment are an avenue for helping the population prevent addition, misuse, and overdose.
Reference
Thomas, R. K. (2018). Concepts, Methods and Practical Applications in Applied Demography: An Introduction Textbook. Berlin, D.E: Springer, 225.