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Category: Opioids

Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA
Addiction, Opioids, Substance Abuse

How Fentanyl Changes the Opioid Equation

October 17, 2018

With lethal amounts of fentanyl showing up in heroin and other drugs throughout the country, active drug users are at a greater risk of dying than ever before

Drugs, Health News, Opioids, Substance Abuse

VA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response

October 3, 2018

The VA is adding naloxone kits to AED cabinets in its buildings across the country, an initiative that could become a model for other health care organizations.

Addiction, Benzodiazepines, Opioids, Painkillers, Substance Abuse

Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond

September 25, 2018

Many employers — ill-equipped or unwilling to confront an issue they are at a loss to handle — turn a blind eye to addiction within their workforce.

Addiction, Benzodiazepines, Emergency Medicine, Opioids

Most Hospital ERs Won’t Treat Your Addiction. These Will.

September 21, 2018

Despite an overdose epidemic that is killing nearly 200 Americans a day, the vast majority of hospitals do not offer addiction treatment to ER patients.

Drugs, Opioids, Substance Abuse

Fewer Trying Heroin, But Pot Use Up

September 17, 2018

The survey found a small increase in the number of people with substance use disorders who receive specialty treatment, but 92% do not.

Mental Health, Opioids, Suicide

Suicide By Opioid: New Research Suggests Overdoses Should Be Classified As Self-Harm

August 28, 2018

Suicide rates have been steadily climbing, but their numbers are likely even higher.

Addiction, Opioids

Opioid Overdose Deaths Rose in 2017 Driven by Fentanyl

August 22, 2018

Nearly 72,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2017, about 7 percent more than in the previous year, CDC report.

Addiction, Opioids, Painkillers, Pregnancy, Substance Abuse, Women's Health

For Addicted Women, the Year After Childbirth Is the Deadliest

August 14, 2018

The opioid epidemic has addicted nearly 3 million Americans and killing more than 350,000. But pregnant women and new moms are particularly vulnerable.

Drugs, Opioids

Rival Opioid Makers Sought To Cash In On Alarm Over OxyContin

August 2, 2018

As Purdue Pharma faced mounting criticism over deaths linked to OxyContin, rival drugmakers saw a chance to boost sales of similarly dangerous painkillers

Drugs, Opioids, Painkillers, Seniors

Poll: Providers Aren’t Doing Enough to Warn Older Patients About Opioids

August 1, 2018

Many Americans over 50 favor limits on painkiller prescribing, and those who receive prescriptions need more counseling about risks and safe disposal options.

Drugs, Opioids, Painkillers

Opioid Maker Changes Public Service Ad In Washington Post

July 24, 2018

Purdue Pharma had said that taking opioids such as its painkiller OxyContin can prove dangerous even as prescribed — then appeared to backtrack a few days later.

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