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Trends in Prehospital Encounters for Youth Opioid Overdose Identified
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – Prehospital encounters for youth opioid overdoses increased before the COVID-19 pandemic, then increased with onset, and then stabilized, according to a research letter...
2020 to 2021 Saw Age-Adjusted Rates of Drug Overdose Rise in Colombia
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 – During 2010 to 2021, there was an increase in age-adjusted rates of drug overdoses in Colombia, especially from 2018 to 2021, according to a study published online Sept. 12...
Rx Up for Stimulants and Antidepressants, Down for Opioids, 2019 to 2022
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 – Overall prescription volumes for stimulant and antidepressant medications increased from 2019 to 2022, while prescription volume for opioids decreased, according to a study...
Racial Differences Seen in Pain Rx for Older Adults With Hip Fracture
THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 2024 – Racial differences exist in opioid pain management for Medicare beneficiaries after a hip fracture, according to a study published online Sept. 11 in the Journal of the ...
Machine Learning Can ID Risk for Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery
FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2024 – Machine learning can identify patients who are at risk for persistent opioid use after surgery, according to a study published in the September issue of Plastic and...
Non-Substance-Related Mental Health Disorders Commonly Seen in Overdose Decedents
FRIDAY, Aug. 30, 2024 – More than one in five people who died of drug overdose in 2022 (21.9 percent) had a reported non-substance-related mental health disorder (MHD), according to research...
Recreational Drug Use Triples Odds for Repeat Heart Crises
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 – Recreational drug users are three times more likely to have repeated heart health emergencies than people who don’t use, a new study has found. About 11% of patients a...
Most Americans Unprepared to Handle Opioid Overdoses
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 – More than three in four people (77 percent) say they would not know how to respond if they saw someone having an opioid overdose, according to survey results from The Ohio...
Most Americans Unsure How to Help Someone in Opioid Overdose
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 – The U.S. opioid epidemic has caused a startling number of overdose deaths, but a new survey shows that most Americans still have no idea how to help an OD victim. More than 3...
Socially, Economically Disadvantaged Communities Lack Access to Buprenorphine
FRIDAY, Aug. 23, 2024 – Restricted buprenorphine dispensing was most pronounced in socially and economically disadvantaged communities, according to a study published in the September issue of Drug ...
2020 to 2021 Saw Decline in Life Expectancy for 39 States, Increase for 11
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 – From 2020 to 2021, life expectancy at birth declined for 39 U.S. states and increased for 11 states, according to the Aug. 21 National Vital Statistics Reports, a...
Naloxone Might Help Revive People After Opioid-Linked Cardiac Arrest
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 – The overdose-reversing drug naloxone can help save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped due to an opioid OD, a new study shows. Naloxone rapidly reverses opioid ODs...
Problematic Pharmaceutical Opioid Use Common in Noncancer Pain
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 – For individuals with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) treated with opioid analgesics, problematic pharmaceutical opioid use (POU) is common, according to a study published...
Implant Automatically Releases Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 – A new implant could help prevent overdose deaths by automatically administering the OD-reversing drug naloxone, a new study shows. The implant, about the size of a stick...
Buprenorphine + Naloxone Safe for Opioid Addiction in Pregnancy
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 – Pregnancies exposed to buprenorphine combined with naloxone have similar or more favorable neonatal and maternal outcomes as those exposed to buprenorphine alone, according...
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