Addiction
CDC reports record high 12-month drug overdose death toll
(HealthDay)—Drug overdose deaths in the United States hit a new record for the 12-month period ending March 2021, new government data shows.
Oct 14, 2021
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Medications
Increase in fatal opioid overdoses after hospital discharge
The period after hospital discharge is a high-risk time for people who use illicit opioids such as heroin, according to new research publishing October 5th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine. Fatal opioid overdoses ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Addiction
Deaths with drugs as contributing factor are rising dramatically
While many people focus on the role of drugs in overdose deaths, a recent study shows that deaths where drugs were a contributing cause are also on the rise.
Sep 22, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths nearly tripled between 2015 to 2019, study finds
Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019 among people ages 18-64 in the United States, according to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Addiction
Tracking the shifting landscape of the opioid crisis
Few if any communities in the United States have escaped the opioid crisis, and in 2020, opioid overdose deaths rose sharply across the entire country. But the crisis plays out differently from place to place and over time. ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Addiction
Animal sedative is driving rise in fatal drug ODs
(HealthDay)—An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say.
Sep 21, 2021
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Surgery
Surgery, buprenorphine, and patients in recovery from opioid use disorder
With the reintroduction of powerful narcotic opioids to manage acute pain, surgery can be a make-or-break time for patients in recovery from opioid use disorder (OUD). For those using buprenorphine as part of their recovery ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Addiction
Disparities in opioid overdose deaths continue to worsen for Black people, study suggests
Non-Hispanic Black individuals in four U.S. states experienced a 38% increase in the rate of opioid overdose deaths from 2018 to 2019, while the rates for other race and ethnicity groups held steady or decreased, according ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Addiction
Fatal overdoses from illicit tranquilizers jumped over 500 percent during the pandemic
Overdose deaths linked to illicit "designer" benzodiazepines have surged in the United States, as underground labs crank out new synthetic variations on prescription tranquilizers like Valium, Xanax and Ativan.
Aug 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pandemic tied to rising number of fatal opioid ODs
(HealthDay)—Opioid overdose deaths rose in several states during the coronavirus pandemic, according to authors of a new study who say their findings may help identify and assist at-risk people.
Aug 24, 2021
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