Page 21 - News tagged with drug overdoses

Medications

Older adult opioid overdose death rates on the rise

A common stereotype for an "older adult" might include early-bird specials, dentures and tickets to the matinee show.

Jan 11, 2022

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Medications

Opioid use disorder treatment access increases in areas with large Medicaid population

Researchers report that in communities where Medicaid is a more common source of insurance, providers of buprenorphine, an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), are much less likely to discriminate between Medicaid ...

Jan 4, 2022

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Health

New York City's overdose prevention centers are already saving lives

At least 59 overdoses were prevented in the first three weeks that two overdose prevention centers have been open in New York City, the city's health department said Tuesday.

Dec 22, 2021

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Addiction

U.S. fentanyl deaths soaring, especially in the West

Synthetic forms of the potentially lethal opioid fentanyl are flooding the illicit drug market, leaving a soaring number of fatal overdoses in their wake, a new U.S. report finds.

Dec 14, 2021

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Addiction

NYC OKs safe sites for drug use, aiming to curb overdoses

The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing overdoses, the mayor and health commissioner said Tuesday.

Nov 30, 2021

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high

For the past 20 years, I have been engaged in efforts to end the opioid epidemic, as a public health official, researcher and clinician. And for every one of those years I have looked on as the number of deaths from drug ...

Nov 23, 2021

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Addiction

US overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say

An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health officials say is tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply.

Nov 17, 2021

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Medications

Survey: Most willing to forgo opioids after surgery if pain can be effectively managed without them

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses, with more than 93,000 deaths in the U.S. For too many, addiction begins in the hospital, where opioids are widely prescribed after surgeries ...

Nov 9, 2021

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