Ideal Option Awarded Accreditation from The Joint Commission ®
The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® demonstrates compliance with its exacting performance standards for safety and quality of patient care. KENNEWICK, Wash., Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ideal Option, a national leader in evidence-based treatment for addiction to fentanyl,... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

California judge rules Snap must face lawsuit over children ’s fentanyl purchases
By Brian Fung | CNN A California state judge has ruled that Snap must face a lawsuit from families whose children allegedly used the Snapchat app to purchase fentanyl on the platform. Tuesday’s ruling by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff permits a dozen claims to proceed…#brianfung #lawrenceriff #section230 #google #meta #tiktok #cablenewsnetwork (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lawsuit against Snap over fentanyl deaths can proceed, judge rules
A lawsuit blaming Snapchat for a series of drug overdoses among young people can proceed, a Los Angeles judge ruled this week. A group of family members related to children and teens who overdosed on fentanyl sued Snapchat maker Snap last year, accusing the social media company of facilitating…#matthewpbergman #lawrenceriff #section230 #ninthcircuit #section230s (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rise in Overdose Deaths Driven by Drug Combinations
Reports of the use of fentanyl along with the animal tranquilizer xylazine makes preventing substance use disorder and associated overdose deaths even more complicated. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What To Know About Nitazenes: Rare But Emerging Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl
Experts believe the drugs —which have been involved in two recent deaths in Colorado—come from China and are bought on the dark web. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Arianna Johnson, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Trending Explainer Trending-Explainer topline Source Type: news

Hospital Deaths Investigated; Price Hikes for 500 Drugs; Mushroom Poisonings Rise
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Police are investigating an Oregon hospital where several patients died after reportedly receiving tap water injections instead of fentanyl doses. (Oregon Public... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 2, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

U.S. Attempts to Get Its Xylazine Problem Under Control
In this report, we follow up on what has happened since doctors first started raising concerns about this contaminant and its effects. Early in 2023... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Bernie Sanders Has COVID; Global Fake Ozempic Problem; Nitazenes, the New Fentanyl?
(MedPage Today) -- Some links may require registration or subscription. Please note that in observance of the upcoming holiday, Morning Break will not publish on New Year's Day and will resume Tuesday, January 2. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 82... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure Suspected in Novel Syndrome
(MedPage Today) -- A possible link between a novel cholesterol metabolism disorder and prenatal fentanyl exposure is under investigation. The hypothesis is that prenatal fentanyl exposure possibly interferes with cholesterol metabolism, leading... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

How China's inaction is feeding America's fentanyl crisis
China can and must do more to stem the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., one researcher who gained inside access to the Sinaloa Cartel's global drug-trafficking operation has said, even if Beijing is not intentionally directing the spread of the deadly narcotic. Bertrand Monnet, a professor at the…#sinaloacartel #beijing #bertrandmonnet #mexico #dubai #xijinping #mexican #sinaloa #ccp (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

At ground zero for L.A.'s fentanyl problem, a community festival offers help
As drug overdose deaths intensify in Skid Row, local organizations team up to promote fentanyl awareness. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On a sunny late-autumn afternoon in downtown Los Angeles, dozens of men and women gathered in a pocket park, pounding out beats in a... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - December 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: NPT Source Type: news

Drug overdose mortality rates by educational attainment and sex for adults aged 25-64 in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2015-2021 - Xu JJ, Seamans MJ, Friedman JR.
INTRODUCTION: Dramatic increases in U.S. drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids, especially fentanyl, beginning around 2014 have driven a marked progression in overall drug overdose deaths in the U.S., which sharply rose to unprecedented levels a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Health risks associated with smoking versus injecting fentanyl among people who use drugs in California - Megerian CE, Bair L, Smith J, Browne EN, Wenger LD, Guzman L, Kral AH, Lambdin BH.
BACKGROUND: Given the attention, funding, and services that seek to reduce overdose mortality from fentanyl, it is important to understand whether a potential solution is for more people to switch from injecting to smoking fentanyl. As such, we set out to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

The evolution of fentanyl-related substances: prevalence and drug concentrations in postmortem biological specimens at the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Department - Martinez J, Gonyea J, Zaney ME, Kahl J, Moore DM.
Since 2014, the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Department (MDME) has observed a drastic increase in the number of fentanyl and fentanyl analog (fentanyl-related substances, FRS) fatalities since its introduction into the heroin and cocaine supply. Due to the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Flesh-Rotting'Tranq' Undermines Fight Against Fentanyl
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news