Opioid overdose crisis: Medications prevent subsequent overdoses
Drug overdose is the number one cause of accidental death in Connecticut, where someone is more likely to die from a drug overdose than from a car accident.
May 30, 2025
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Ketones
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For opioid addiction, treatment underdosing can lead to fentanyl overdosing: A physician explains
Imagine a patient named Rosa tells you she wakes up night after night in a drenching sweat after having very realistic dreams of smoking fentanyl.
May 27, 2025
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Lifesaving opioid addiction meds are rarely started after emergency visits for overdose
Medications proven to effectively treat opioid addiction are rarely given after emergency department visits for overdose, and who gets them varies, sometimes greatly, depending on race, ethnicity or geography, University ...
May 6, 2025
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Mechanism behind Parkinson's-like side effects of antipsychotic drugs revealed
A new Northwestern Medicine study has identified the molecular mechanisms that cause a commonly prescribed antipsychotic drug to produce harmful side effects similar to Parkinson's disease symptoms, according to findings ...
Apr 30, 2025
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Popcorn lung: How vaping can scar your lungs for life
A US teenager was recently reported to have developed the oddly named medical condition "popcorn lung" after vaping in secret for three years. Officially known as bronchiolitis obliterans, popcorn lung is a rare but serious ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Safer opioid supply improves health outcomes among people at high risk of overdose
Research from ICES and Unity Health Toronto shows that safer opioid supply programs and methadone both reduce opioid overdoses, health care utilization, and costs.
Apr 22, 2025
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People with health issues denied medication in police custody
Research led by Newcastle University, working with colleagues at Northumbria and Durham universities, found that health care provision in police custody is frequently denied to detainees as not enough nurses and other health ...
Apr 22, 2025
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In utero opioid use associated with smaller brain regions in newborns
Children's National Hospital and partnering academic centers have found that newborns exposed to opioids in utero exhibited smaller brain volumes in multiple regions compared to unexposed infants.
Hit hard by opioid crisis, Black patients further hurt by barriers to care
Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the humid breeze last August in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day on the city's predominantly ...
Apr 8, 2025
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Evidence supports continuing buprenorphine for acute pain in those with opioid use disorder
For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), evidence supports continuation of buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain, but overall evidence for pain outcomes in these patients is low, according to a review published ...
Mar 31, 2025
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