Protect your child from opioid poisoning
(HealthDay)—America's opioid epidemic is taking a mounting toll on the nation's children—some as young as toddlers.
Mar 30, 2018
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(HealthDay)—America's opioid epidemic is taking a mounting toll on the nation's children—some as young as toddlers.
Mar 30, 2018
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People who end up in the hospital due to an opioid-related condition are four times more likely to die now than they were in 2000, according to research led by Harvard Medical School and published in the December issue of ...
Dec 4, 2017
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It's a terrifying scenario that's become all-too-real in the age of the opioid epidemic: a person lying lifeless, not breathing, because of an opioid overdose.
Jul 18, 2017
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A new study published online today by Pediatrics and conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital found that there were more than 188,000 calls ...
Mar 20, 2017
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Overdose of prescription pain killers may seem like a grown-up problem, but children are increasingly being hospitalized for opioid poisoning, according to results of a recent study by researchers at the Yale University School ...
Nov 4, 2016
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Overdoses of opioid pain medications frequently occur in people who aren't chronic users with high prescribed opioid doses—the groups targeted by current opioid prescribing guidelines, reports a study in the August issue ...
Jul 15, 2015
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Medication poisonings among children are an important public health problem. During 2010-2011, an average of 1500 children under 6 years of age was evaluated in emergency departments each year due to unintentional exposure ...
Aug 29, 2013
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