Opioid poisoning news and latest updates

Addiction

Opioids kill, especially if you're alone: Study

They slow down breathing. First, you lose consciousness, then your heart stops beating.

Apr 8, 2024

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Addiction

Study says reducing homelessness by 25% could save thousands of lives from dying by overdose

Reducing homelessness by 25% could save almost 2,000 lives lost to opioid overdoses, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

Feb 5, 2024

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Pediatrics

Researchers find rate of fatal opioid poisonings among children more than doubled over 13-year span

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that opioids were responsible for more than half of all fatal poisonings in children ages 5 and younger between 2005 and 2018, more than double the proportion ...

Mar 8, 2023

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Medications

Benzodiazepines up risk for nonfatal drug-related poisoning in OUD

(HealthDay)—An increased risk for nonfatal drug-related poisoning is associated with benzodiazepine treatment in patients with opioid use disorder, according to a study published online March 3 in The American Journal of ...

Apr 2, 2021

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Medications

State prescription drug monitoring programs: The rise and fall in heroin fatalities

A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found a consistent association between the adoption of state Prescription Drug Monitoring programs (PDMP) and death rates from heroin poisoning. However, ...

Nov 15, 2019

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Pediatrics

New study examines geographic differences in fatal pediatric opioid poisonings

A new study shines light on pediatric opioid deaths by U.S. region, the first time a study of this nature has been conducted. Findings from the study will be presented during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2019 Meeting, ...

Apr 27, 2019

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Medications

Drug overdoses in young people on the rise

In American adolescents and young adults, death rates from drug poisoning, particularly from opioids, have sharply increased over the last 10 years, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Apr 25, 2019

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Medications

Video: Fighting the opioid epidemic with data

In an effort to stay a step ahead of the opioid epidemic, UConn Health is part of a collaboration with the state Department of Public Health (DPH) that aims to track crucial data and create an early warning system to alert ...

Apr 5, 2019

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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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