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
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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?
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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
Software-assisted automated detection and identification of "unknown" fentanyl analogues - Drug E, Marder D, Binyamin I, Yeffet D, Gershonov E, Dagan S.
Fentanyl and its non-pharmaceutical analogues (NPFs) are potent synthetic opioids, traditionally used for pain management, with ever-increasing illicit uses. Tightening the regulation for known fentanyls leads to new synthetic analogues in the opioid marke... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive record homeless deaths in Portland, Oregon, annual report finds
Homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, have reached a new, somber record (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Florida'candy lady' sold drug-infused treats to children: Police
A Florida woman, known as the "candy lady," has been arrested after being accused of selling drug-infused snacks to children in her Tampa neighborhood, authorities said. Renee Stephens, 32, of Tampa, was arrested on December 13 on charges of trafficking in fentanyl, possession of a controlled…#florida #tampa #reneestephens #fdletampabay #fdle #marijuana #vincentestephens #vincentstephens #markbrutnell #ashleymoody (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fentanyl kills thousands every year in America. Will Europe be next?
O edge of Paris, far from the brasseries and museums, lies a cautionary tale of what happens when humanity trips up. Beneath a slew of motorway interchanges near the Porte de la Chapelle, dozens of dead-eyed drug addicts aimlessly wade through a makeshift campsite of tents and trash. There is no…#crackhill #berlin #warsaw #vietnam #iraq #afghanistan #atlantic #belgium #mexican #taliban (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
