Lifesaving addiction medications are rarely started following opioid overdose emergencies
Could future opioid overdoses, fatalities and other harms of opioid addiction be prevented if hospital emergency departments made better use ...
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Overdose deaths from fentanyl laced stimulants have risen 50-fold since 2010
New UCLA-led research has found that the proportion of US overdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants has increased more ...
The fourth wave of the US overdose crisis: fentanyl and stimulants
New research published in the scientific journal Addiction has found that the proportion of US overdose deaths involving both fentanyl ...
U.S. drug overdose deaths more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2020
The United States is experiencing its highest overall death rates in more than a century, fueled in part by drug ...
HEAL expands naloxone access to turn the tide on overdose deaths
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 29, 2023) — Aug. 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day, a time when attention is directed toward raising awareness ...
New guidance on take-home naloxone for community overdose responders
New guidance aimed at helping standardize community overdose response and take-home naloxone kits across Canada is published in CMAJ (Canadian ...
Human antibody that targets carfentanil, fentanyl and related opioids reverses overdose effects in preclinical study
LA JOLLA, CA—An antibody in single-chain fragment variable (scFv) format that binds to the powerful opioid carfentanil was shown to ...
Prescribing psychostimulants for people at risk of overdose
Growing evidence supports prescribing psychostimulant medications to help reduce use of illegal stimulants such as methamphetamine, authors write in a ...
Race- and gender-specific interventions may lower drug overdose death rates
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Interventions to address stimulant and opioid use that consider race and gender may prove more effective ...
Men died of overdose at 2-3 times greater a rate than women in the U.S. in 2020-2021
Men were significantly more vulnerable than women to overdose deaths involving opioid and stimulant drugs in 2020-2021, according to a ...
Estimated reductions in opioid overdose deaths with public health interventions
About The Study: In this decision analytical model study of the opioid epidemic in four U.S. states, sustained implementation of interventions, ...
Racial, ethnic, sex differences in methadone-involved overdose deaths before, after federal policy change expanding take-home methadone doses
About The Study: In this study of monthly methadone-involved overdose deaths, the take-home policy may have helped reduce deaths for Black ...
Mass General Brigham expert calls for reforms to address the overdose crisis
At the end of 2022, the federal government eliminated the “X waiver,” a major hurdle to providing addiction treatment, but ...
Offering medications for opioid addiction to incarcerated individuals leads to decrease in overdose deaths
BOSTON – New research from Boston Medical Center concluded that offering medications to treat opioid addiction in jails and prisons ...
Drug overdose fatalities among US older adults has quadrupled over 20 years, UCLA research finds
Overdose mortality among people age 65 and older quadrupled over 20 years, suggesting the need for greater mental health and ...
Buprenorphine after nonfatal opioid overdose results in reduced risk of overdose death
Receiving medication for opioid use disorders, such as buprenorphine after an overdose, leads to lower mortality risk, according to a ...
Racial disparities in US drug overdose fatalities significantly higher in 2020
The first year of the COVID pandemic saw significant increases in drug overdose deaths across the USA, with rates higher ...
‘Other’ race/ethnicity linked to higher suicide and overdose risk in military members with mild TBI
March 8, 2023 – Previous studies have reported high rates of death by suicide and drug overdose – including opioid overdose – in ...
Community strategy reduced opioid overdose deaths in Pennsylvania counties
PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2023 — The monthly opioid overdose death (ODD) rate fell by 30% in Pennsylvania counties that implemented ...
Cocaethylene cardiotoxicity in emergency department patients with acute drug overdose
Des Plaines, IL — When compared to cocaine exposure alone, cocaine and ethanol exposure in emergency department (ED) patients with acute ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New findings on hair loss in men
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Did life exist on Mars? Other planets? With AI’s help, we may know soon
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New study definitively confirms gulf stream weakening, understanding the changes could help predict future trends in extreme events
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Four novel receptors may link endometrial cancer to PCOS
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Distinct immune, hormone responses shed light on mysteries of long COVID