There Is A Rather Worrying Trend In Opioid Harm That Is Not Really Reversing Just Yet.

This appeared a few days ago.Pharmaceutical opioid harm surges in VicNew data reveals more Victorians are showing up to emergency departments due to pharmaceutical opioid-related harm.Kaitlyn OfferAustralian Associated Press September 19, 20199:17amVictorians are inundating hospital emergency departments suffering from pharmaceutical opioid-related harm at a cost of $16 million over two years.Opioid-related emergency presentations increased annually by an average of 3.1 per cent during the 10-year period of 2008-09 to 2017-18, according to the Monash University Accident Research Centre.The centre's Hazard report released on Thursday says in 2015/16 to 2016/17, the years where costs were available, hospital treatment both direct and indirect for hospital admissions totalled $16.35 million. In the three years from 2015/16 to 2017/18, there were 2618 emergency records coded as opioid poisoning, most commonly codeine and oxycodone, followed by tramadol, data shows.The numbers for... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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