Addiction
Drug users trying to stay ahead of deadly fentanyl
(HealthDay)—As deadly fentanyl is increasingly mixed into heroin and other street drugs, some drug abusers are getting smart, a new study finds.
Sep 17, 2018
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Medications
Highest opioid-related mortality seen in construction jobs
(HealthDay)—Proportional mortality ratios (PMRs) for heroin-related overdose deaths and methadone-related overdose deaths from 2007 to 2012 were highest among construction workers, according to research published in the ...
Sep 13, 2018
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Medications
Naloxone rarely administered by layperson in opioid deaths
(HealthDay)—From July 2016 to June 2017, bystanders were documented in 44 percent of opioid overdose deaths, but naloxone was rarely administered by a layperson, according to a study published Aug. 31 in Morbidity and Mortality ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Medications
New model could help stem opioid crisis
Stanford University researchers have developed a mathematical model that could help public health officials and policymakers curb an opioid epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 49,000 Americans last year.
Aug 23, 2018
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Medications
Odds of death up with exposure to pregabalin, opioids
(HealthDay)—Concomitant exposure to pregabalin and opioids is associated with increased odds of opioid-related death, according to a research letter published online Aug. 21 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Aug 21, 2018
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US drug overdose deaths surge amid fentanyl scourge
US drug overdose deaths surged to nearly 72,000 last year, as addicts increasingly turn to extremely powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl as the supply of prescription painkillers has tightened.
Aug 16, 2018
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Widespread declines in life expectancy across high income countries coincide with rising young adult, midlife mortality
The ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States is a key contributor to the most recent declines in life expectancy, suggests a study published by The BMJ today.
Aug 15, 2018
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Medications
Methadone linked to lower death rates among convicted offenders with opioid dependence
Among convicted offenders, receiving methadone is associated with lower rates of death from external and non-external causes, according to new research published this week in PLOS Medicine by Angela Russolillo of Simon Fraser ...
Jul 31, 2018
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Medications
In Medicaid patients, high opioid doses and concurrent sedative use are risk factors for fatal opioid overdose
Among Medicaid recipients taking prescription opioids, high opioid doses and concurrent treatment with benzodiazepine sedatives are among the key, potentially modifiable risk factors for fatal overdose, reports a study in ...
Jul 12, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study analyzes opioid overdose risk during and after pregnancy among Massachusetts women
A study of women giving birth in Massachusetts found a higher level of opioid use disorder than have studies conducted in other states. In a paper published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, the research team—consisting ...
Jul 11, 2018
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