Fentanyl-Laced 'Norco' Is Lethal, Report Warns
New street drug combines two synthetic opioids (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fentanyl-Laced'Norco' Is Lethal, Report Warns
New street drug combines two synthetic opioids
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Drug Abuse, Pain Relievers (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fentanyl-Laced'Norco' Is Lethal, Report Warns
FRIDAY, July 29, 2016 -- A street drug sold illegally as the prescription painkiller Norco is much stronger and more dangerous than the real medication, researchers warn. " Street Norco is almost indistinguishable from brand-name Norco in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Counterfeit Norco containing fentanyl and the synthetic opioid U-47700
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Fentanyl and a Novel Synthetic Opioid U-47700 Masquerading as Street “Norco” in Central California: A Case Report. Armenian P et al. Ann Emerg Med 2016 [Epub ahead of print]
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In a recent “Toxicology Rounds” column for Emergency Medicine News, I pointed out that designer opioids such as U-47700 are being identified in street drug specimens and overdose cases with increasing frequency. Knowing this, I was not really surprised when it was announced last week that the autopsy on music superstar Prince confirmed the presence of U-47700, as well as fentanyl.
U-47700 is a synt...
Source: The Poison Review - July 28, 2016 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Gussow Tags: Medical counterfeit Norco synthetic opioid U-47700 Source Type: news
Street'Norco' looks like the real thing but really, really isn't
A new article warns that a new street drug combining fentanyl and a novel synthetic opioid is being marketed illicitly as Norco but is much stronger and much more dangerous. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 28, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Street Norco looks like the real thing but really, really isn't
( < i > American College of Emergency Physicians < /i > ) A paper published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine warns that a new street drug combining fentanyl and a novel synthetic opioid is being marketed illicitly as Norco but is much stronger and much more dangerous. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Study Finds Drop In Prescription Drugs In Medical Marijuana States
States looking for a way to reduce Medicare spending and prescription drug use may want to turn to legalizing medical marijuana, a new study suggests.
The District of Columbia and the 17 states that had medical marijuana as an alternative to prescription drugs in 2013 saved an estimated total of $165.2 million in Medicare program and enrollee spending that year, researchers at the University of Georgia reported in the journal Health Affairs this month.
“The results suggest that if all states had implemented medical marijuana the overall savings to Medicare would have been around $468 million,” a press release o...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 24, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study Finds Drop In Prescription Drugs In Medical Marijuana States
States looking for a way to reduce Medicare spending and prescription drug use may want to turn to legalizing medical marijuana, a new study suggests.
The District of Columbia and the 17 states that had medical marijuana as an alternative to prescription drugs in 2013 saved an estimated total of $165.2 million in Medicare program and enrollee spending that year, researchers at the University of Georgia reported in the journal Health Affairs this month.
“The results suggest that if all states had implemented medical marijuana the overall savings to Medicare would have been around $468 million,” a press release o...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vicodin ES (Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - July 18, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Addiction and Overdose Fuel Opioid Crisis
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of overdose deaths from opioid pain medication has quadrupled over the past 15 years. Some common medications involved in the overdoses include oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine. Mayo Clinic pain medication expert Dr. Mike Hooten says there is an opioid crisis in the U.S. In [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 12, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Common Surgeries Raise Risk for Opioid Dependence: Study
MONDAY, July 11, 2016 -- After knee surgery and other common operations, patients have an elevated risk of growing dependent on opioid painkillers, a new study finds.
These prescription painkillers include hydrocodone (Vycodin, Lortab), oxycodone... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
No end in sight: the abuse of prescription narcotics - Cicero TJ.
From teenagers dying from heroin overdoses to crime tied to Vicodin and OxyContin addiction to road fatalities in which sedatives and muscle relaxants are involved, 20,000 deaths in the United States in 2014 were attributed to problems associated with narc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
States' New Opioid Limits Being Met With Some Resistance
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy.
For governors and lawmakers in nearly every state, the soaring overdose death toll from prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl has become an urgent priority.
Lawmakers in dozens of states took decisive action this year to stanch the flow of prescription pain drugs and help those addicted to them. Roughly 2.5 millionAmericans are addicted to opioids, and more than 28,000 people died of overdosesof painkillers or heroin in 20...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Programs to Spot Painkiller Abuse Work, But Are Underused
TUESDAY, June 28, 2016 -- Programs to reduce prescription painkiller abuse are effective but underused, a new study suggests.
Misuse of prescription pain medicines such as hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), codeine and morphine... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 28, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
How Nursing Is Helping To Combat The Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic knows no boundaries. The epidemic is not limited to race, profession or socioeconomic status. Since 1999, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (heroin and prescribed opioids) nearly quadrupled with more people dying from drug overdoses in 2014 than recorded in any prior year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 78 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. At least half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid.
Despite recent initiatives that have been put into place to curb the number of opioid related deaths, such as public availabili...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
