Medications
Seven overdose deaths in one day reported in Cleveland-area
Authorities in the Cleveland-area are issuing warnings after seven people died from overdoses on Saturday.
Sep 25, 2016
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Medications
Holistic approach to pain management helps curb opioid overuse
The holistic approach to patient care and pain management used by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) can help prevent opioid dependency, substance use disorder, drug overdoses and death, according to the American ...
Sep 23, 2016
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Addiction
Among veterans, painkiller misuse strongly linked to starting heroin
A study of nearly 3,400 military veterans over 10 years found that when participants began to misuse opioid painkillers, they had a very high likelihood of also beginning to use heroin, researchers reported in the journal ...
Aug 23, 2016
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Addiction
Elephant sedative emerges as new threat in overdose battle
A drug used to sedate elephants and other large animals, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country's heroin troubles, is suspected in spates of overdoses in several states, where authorities say they've ...
Jul 28, 2016
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Pediatrics
Painkillers for teen athletes won't spur addiction: study
(HealthDay)—Teenage athletes are less likely to abuse prescription painkillers than kids who don't play sports or exercise, a new study finds.
Jul 25, 2016
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Medications
Advocates fear more heroin withdrawal deaths in jails
Heroin withdrawal is rarely fatal, but more than a half-dozen people have died behind bars in the U.S. during the last two years after suffering from severe symptoms that their families say went untreated.
Jul 11, 2016
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Medications
Deaths from heroin, opioid drugs in US rise sharply
The Obama administration on Tuesday emphasized the need for funding to treat opioid and heroin addiction, releasing new statistics showing explosive growth in overdose deaths.
Jun 28, 2016
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Addiction
UN: World drug abuse, deaths pretty stable over recent years
An estimated quarter of a billion people between the ages of 15 and 64 years, abused at least one drug in 2014 but that figure and the number of drug-related deaths have remained relatively steady over recent years, according ...
Jun 23, 2016
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Addiction
Huge opium production fall won't stop heroin glut: UN (Update)
Global opium production plunged almost 40 percent last year but the world remains awash with heroin, the narcotic that still kills the most people worldwide, the United Nations said Thursday.
Jun 23, 2016
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Medications
Heroin, painkiller overdose antidote getting easier to buy
It is becoming easier for friends and family of heroin users or patients taking strong painkillers to buy an antidote that can reverse the effect of an overdose, as policymakers look for ways to fight a growing epidemic.
Jun 3, 2016
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