New Opioids Are Joining the Illicit Drug Supply, and They're More Potent Than Fentanyl
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller.
But experts now warn that the threat posed by fentanyl may ultimately pale... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Prevalence of xylazine in overdose cases: an analysis of Miami-Dade County medical examiner case data - Potoukian RB, Gonyea J, Shoff EN, Hime GW, Moore DM.
Xylazine sedative, muscle relaxant, and analgesic used in a veterinary setting. Although xylazine was never approved for therapeutic use in humans, it has become popular in the street drug market as a cutting or bulking agent in the fentanyl and heroin sup... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Prescribed fentanyl helps this man manage his addiction. Experts want more access to safe supply
Experts and drug users are highlighting a need for safer alternatives to street drugs, more drug checking services, and other harm reduction measures to be expanded, as hundreds die each month due to an increasingly toxic street drug supply. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Antiquated U.S. Laws Governing Methadone Access Must Change
(MedPage Today) -- America's drug overdose crisis has escalated in the past few years due to several factors, including disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, driving an unprecedented rise in overdose fatalities. Fentanyl, stimulants and... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - August 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Biden Harris Administration Invests More Than $80 Million to Help Rural Communities Respond to Fentanyl and Other Opioid Overdose Risks
Announcement of over $80 million in funding across 39 states through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) for response to the opioid and fentanyl crisis. Funded programs address issues such as access to medication to treat opioid use disorder, overdose prevention, mental health, neonatal exposure, and disseminating best practices in treatment and prevention. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - August 31, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Doctors issue warning over Chinese-made opioid Nitazene that is deadlier than FENTANYL and 1,000 times more potent than morphine - as it makes its way into US drug supply
Researchers say Nitazines, also a synthetic opioid, are now being detected in patients brought to hospitals with overdoses. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fentanyl gets into WA in ‘any manner you can think of’
In the past couple years, fentanyl has taken over as the drug of choice on Seattle streets because of its prevalence. How it gets here can be hard to pinpoint.#seattle (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As the fentanyl crisis deepens in this part of downtown Ottawa, overwhelmed residents plead for help
Lowertown residents living in the struggling heart of the nation’s capital say their community is on the front lines of the fentanyl crisis. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Ottawa Source Type: news
Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
But patient...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
But patient...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Former star swimmer died of accidental fentanyl poisoning, police say
A former star swimmer who was found dead in the U.S. Virgin Islands in February died of accidental fentanyl poisoning, police said. Jamie Cail, 42, died of "fentanyl intoxication with aspiration of gastric content," the Virgin Islands Police Department said Saturday in a news release, citing an…#usvirginislands #jamiecail #cail #newhampshire #swimswam #universityofmaine #homelandsecurity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Christian Approach to Treating Fentanyl Addiction
A California rescue mission rehabilitates people through love of God and fellowship. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DeSantis Vows to Send US Military Into Mexico to Stop Fentanyl Labs
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Source: Reuters: Health - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Decriminalizing Opioids Will Save Countless Lives
Even the most fervent drug warrior would have to concede that cannabis legalization has been a success. In thirty-eight states patients can now freely access high-quality cannabis for medical conditions that are often notoriously resistant to other treatments. In the twenty-three states in which cannabis is legal for both medical and recreational purposes, citizens enjoy the right to partake in a substance that is far safer than other recreational drugs—including and especially alcohol—without fear of prosecution. Driving fatalities have not increased and rates of psychosis (which cannabis can contribute to) ha...
Source: TIME: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
DHS Observes International Overdose Awareness Day by Awarding Grants to Make More Life-Saving Tools Available
Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is expanding its commitment to ending drug overdoses and related harms. Grants have been awarded to 15 county, municipal, nonprofit, and tribal nation agencies to make life-saving resources more available in communities with a high need through vending machines in public places stocked with free fentanyl test strips and NARCAN ®, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. “By funding these...(see release)Elizabeth.GoodsittAugust 21, 2023 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - August 21, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Elizabeth.Goodsitt Source Type: news
