Surviving an overdose can be excruciating. New research suggests it doesn’t have to be
Naloxone is a fantastic tool in reducing opioid deaths, but gentler versions would be helpful for fighting overdose ...
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
Over a decade spent treating and researching substance use disorders taught one researcher that the overdose epidemic is a ...
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Court dates set for parents accused of neglect in their toddler’s overdose
The parents facing charges after their 3-year-old child overdosed are out of jail, with court hearings expected late this ...
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade, and what may be behind a recent downturn
After nearly a decade of almost year-over-year increases in overdose deaths, the tide may finally be turning in Philadelphia.
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Diversion of prescribed opioids ‘out of control’: B.C. doctor
More than 60 pharmacies have allegedly offered incentives to encourage doctors and patients to use their services to maximize ...
I'm an addiction doctor, and I can't get lifesaving meds for many of my patients
Opioid overdoses kill each day. But it's easier to access fentanyl in Arizona than the medications that can help keep people ...
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More New Yorkers are getting scripts for meds to treat opioid addiction. What to know
More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...
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Local woman arrested on preliminary charge of neglect of a dependent after 3-year-old has symptoms of opioid overdose
When the officers arrived, they learned that a 3-year-old child had been taken by medical personnel to the hospital with symptoms of an opioid overdose. The child’s mother, Dakota Smith ...
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Health experts alarmed at new overdose drug marketed to WMass police departments
For decades, medical professionals have been using the overdose-reversal ... into an immediate withdrawal from opioids, which ...
Wake County EMS rolling out program to treat opioid addiction
Going beyond treating opioid overdoses, paramedics in Wake County are carrying a different medicine to treat the addiction itself.
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There’s a new opioid antidote. But Mass. health officials are hesitant to endorse it
The risk of withdrawal symptoms from nalmefene ... blocker that can be administered when someone is experiencing an opioid overdose. It was first approved by the FDA in 1995 under the brand ...