Fury as hospital staff take discharged 83-year-old patient on morphine to the WRONG house, let themselves in from a key safe and put her to bed - where the homeowner's shocked relatives found her the next morning
Joyce Wright, 83, was wrongly allowed to leave Pilgrim Hospital in Boston and dropped at a house 40 miles from her home in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, on Tuesday. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Wastewater Testing Can Help Tackle America ’ s Opioid Crisis
Among the many lasting legacies of COVID-19 may be a newfound appreciation for the value of what we flush down the toilet and wash down the drain.
Wastewater can be a rich source of information about infectious diseases, like COVID-19, as well as flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), mpox and polio, since pathogens like viruses are shed in feces, urine and saliva, all of which is drained into sewage treatment plants. Sampling that water is a good way to screen for certain viruses, and, as more people bypass the medical system and labs in favor of testing themselves at home for things like COVID-19, health agencies lik...
Source: TIME: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Support for Opioid Use Disorder
In recognition of the estimated 2.1 million people in the United States who struggle with an opioid use disorder, National Opioid Awareness Day, observed on September 21, is marked to create awareness about the effects of opioid overdose and reduce the stigma associated with it. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those in or seeking recovery from mental and substance use disorders.
What are opioids? Opioids include prescription medications used to treat pain such as morphine, codeine, methadone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, hydromorphone, and buprenorphine, as well as illegal drugs such as heroin an...
Source: The Cornflower - September 15, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog opioid epidemic opioid resources Source Type: news
Opioid-Free Discharge After Pancreatic Resection Can Be Achieved, Study Shows
(MedPage Today) -- Inpatient oral morphine equivalents (OMEs) were halved and median discharge OMEs were reduced to zero for pancreatic resection patients at a single center after two iterative updates of a risk-stratified pancreatectomy clinical... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - September 6, 2023 Category: Surgery 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
Biosynthesis of kratom opioids - Kim K, Shahsavarani M, Garza-Garc ía JJO, Carlisle JE, Guo J, De Luca V, Qu Y.
Mitragynine, an analgesic alkaloid from the plant Mitragyna speciosa (kratom), offers a safer alternative to clinical opioids such as morphine, owing to its more favorable side effect profile. Although kratom has been traditionally used for stimulation and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
More drug shortages possible after tornado hits N.C. plant, Pfizer says
A tornado damaged Pfizer's Rocky Mount, N.C., plant, which could disrupt hospitals' access to some drugs, including those containing morphine and lidocaine. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jeong Source Type: news
Morphine and Hydromorphone Effects and Variability Morphine and Hydromorphone Effects and Variability
This study compared the onset, magnitude, duration, and variability of analgesic and ventilatory effects of IV morphine versus hydromorphone. Do they differ significantly?Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Emergency Docs Sue HCA, TeamHealth; Nurse Imprisoned Over Rogue Morphine Dosing
(MedPage Today) -- Two emergency physicians allege that HCA Healthcare, owner of Mission Health in North Carolina, and staffing company TeamHealth have regularly overbilled government payers. In a recently unsealed lawsuit, Allen Lalor, MD, and... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 6, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Millions suffer preventable pain because of morphine disparity, WHO says
“Millions of people continue to suffer preventable pain” because of pain relief disparities, officials say. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - July 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news
Fentanyl Responsible For 80% Of Overdose Deaths Under 24 In US
Of the 296 million users of illegal drugs worldwide in 2021, 60 million were taking opioids like morphine, codeine or heroin. As Statista's Florian Zandt reports, according to the latest United Nations World Drug Report, only cannabis…#fentanylresponsible #florianzandt #cdc #statistaout #middleeast #oceania #taliban #afghanistan #afghan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ketamine vs. DEX in Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery Ketamine vs. DEX in Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
This study compared the effect of ketamine versus dexmedetomidine on postoperative total morphine consumption as well as intraoperative fentanyl consumption in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - June 22, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Pennsylvania Physician Sentenced to Prison for HOPE Clinic Prescription Practices
FDA OCI, Brian Gullett, D.O., Clarksville, Pennsylvania, oxycodone, morphine, sentence, prison, aiding, abetting obtain, controlled substance, fraud, HOPE Clinic, Hitech Opioid Pharmachovigilance Expertise, purported, pain management, Beckley, Beaver, Charleston, West Virginia, multiple Rx, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - May 26, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Evaluation of morphine, methadone, digoxin, and dronabinol poisoning during the years 2017 to 2019 in Ilam, Iran - Saki K, Bahmani M, Zamanian G, Abbasi N, Aidy A, Manouchehri A, Mandal SK, Ganguly P, Shokri S.
This study aimed to evaluation of morphine, methadone, digoxin, and dronabinol poisoning in Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital in Ilam. MET... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Nurse Who Stole Painkillers, Replacing Them with Saline and Putting Surgical Patients at Risk, Sentenced to Four Years
FDA OCI, Melissa Elizabeth Chacona, Fuquay-Varina, NC, nurse, surgical, practice, extract, medication, vials, fentanyl, morphine, meperidine, replace, saline, surgical, patients, Rx, prescription, drugs, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - May 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
