Addiction
Report: Number of US heroin users rose 300,000 over a decade
The number of U.S. heroin users has grown by nearly 300,000 over a decade, with the bulk of the increase among whites, according to a new government report.
Jul 7, 2015
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News tagged with prescription painkillers
Addiction
Physician waivers to prescribe buprenorphine increases potential access to treatment
American physicians with waivers allowing them to provide office-based medication-assisted buprenorphine treatment to patients addicted to opioids were able to increase potential access to effective medication-assisted treatment ...
Jun 9, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study analyzes link between psychotropic drugs and homicide risk
A study analysing the Finnish homicide and prescription drug databases discovered that the use of certain drugs that affect the central nervous system are associated with an increased risk of committing a homicide. The greatest ...
Jun 1, 2015
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Medications
Opioid pain reliever abuse called a top 5 public health challenge
The Centers for Disease Control calls prescription painkiller abuse "one of the worst drug overdose epidemics in history."
Feb 24, 2015
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Addiction
Opioid and heroin crisis triggered by doctors overprescribing painkillers
According to researchers at Brandeis University, the University of North Florida and Johns Hopkins University, policymakers must look beyond painkiller abuse, also called non-medical use, in their efforts to reduce opioid ...
Feb 4, 2015
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Medications
US painkiller abuse 'epidemic' may be declining, study says
(HealthDay)—The U.S. "epidemic" of prescription-painkiller abuse may be starting to reverse course, a new study suggests.
Jan 15, 2015
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Medications
Fatal ODs from narcotic painkillers have tripled in US
(HealthDay)—The epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse continues to take a deadly toll in the United States, with fatal overdoses involving drugs such as Oxycontin and Vicodin tripling over a decade, a new report shows.
Dec 2, 2014
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Medications
Number of pregnant women on narcotic painkillers, heroin doubles, study finds
(HealthDay)—The proportion of women dependent on drugs such as narcotic painkillers or heroin during pregnancy has more than doubled in the past decade and a half, a new study finds, though it still remains below a half-percent ...
Nov 18, 2014
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Addiction
US: Heroin deaths doubled in much of the country (Update)
Deaths from heroin overdose doubled in just two years in much of the United States, a new government study says.
Oct 2, 2014
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Medications
Most who abuse painkillers are unprepared if overdose strikes, study says
(HealthDay)—Although teens and young adults who abuse prescription painkillers face a high risk of overdose, most don't know how to respond when one occurs, new research shows.
Oct 2, 2014
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