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Several US states have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and their pharmaceutical company Purdue over the opioid crisis that has ravaged the lives of millions of Americans, officials said Thursday.
Jan 23, 2025
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The UK government on Wednesday banned the flesh-rotting so-called zombie drug xylazine as it tries to tackle deaths from narcotics and crack down on criminal gangs.
Jan 15, 2025
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Cannabis, cocaine and heroin have interesting life stories and long rap sheets. We might know them today as illicit drugs, but each was once legal.
Jan 6, 2025
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Drug overdose deaths in the US have finally begun to abate. Between June 2023 and June 2024, they fell by 14%. However, deaths from a drug used to sedate large animals, called carfentanil, rose by at least 720% between the ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Australia's use of prescription opioid analgesics, such as oxycodone, morphine, or tramadol, dropped by 21% between 2015 and 2022, despite a substantial increase in private scripts in the same period, according to new research ...
Dec 10, 2024
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A study that investigates low-dose ketamine (LDK) as an adjunct to morphine for treating acute pain has been published in the Academic Emergency Medicine journal.
Nov 19, 2024
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Around 92% of people living in the UK have used at least one over-the-counter drug in the past year. While these drugs make it possible to manage symptoms that don't otherwise require a prescription—such as painkillers for ...
Nov 14, 2024
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A new international study spanning the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada has revealed important insights into the risks associated with prescribed opioid use for noncancer pain.
Nov 6, 2024
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Absolute concentrations of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine in urine specimens increased from 2013 to 2023, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in JAMA Network Open.
Oct 29, 2024
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It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids.
Oct 21, 2024
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