Concerns Over Nalmefene Nasal Spray for Opioid Overdose Concerns Over Nalmefene Nasal Spray for Opioid Overdose
Experts urge rigorous research due to safety concerns and uncertainties and prefer naloxone as the preferred first-line agent.Medscape (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - December 18, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Associations with experience of non-fatal opioid overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a repeated cross sectional survey study - Ferguson M, Choisil P, Lamb J, Burmeister C, Newman C, Lock K, Tobias S, Liu L, Buxton JA.
INTRODUCTION: Lives lost in North America due to the unregulated drug poisoning emergency are preventable and those who survive an opioid overdose may suffer long-term disability. Rates of opioid overdose more than doubled following the onset of the COVID-... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Prescription opioid use among people with opioid dependence and concurrent benzodiazepine and gabapentinoid exposure: an analysis of overdose and all-cause mortality - Bharat C, Gisev N, Barbieri S, Dobbins T, Larney S, Buizen L, Degenhardt L.
This study addresses this gap using a coh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

How bad is the drug epidemic in YOUR state? Overdose deaths have risen in EVERY part of the US in the past year and by up to 40% in some areas, new CDC data shows
The drug epidemic plaguing America is showing no signs of slowing down, as new data reveals deadly overdoses continued to rise over the past year - setting the US up for a new record. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Experts Highlight Drug Overdose Deaths Among Seniors During Senate Hearing
(MedPage Today) -- Among other solutions, educational campaigns along with expanding access to residential rehab programs to Medicare beneficiaries could mitigate the growing trend of drug overdose deaths in seniors, experts said during a hearing... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

'It's absolutely heartbreaking': Fentanyl is officially Los Angeles County's deadliest drug
A new report blames fentanyl for more fatal overdoses in L.A. County than methamphetamine for the first time in recent years. The opioid's victims are disproportionately Black. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Grace Toohey Source Type: news

Weight-Loss Drug Overdoses; Record Number of Retracted Studies; Yoga and Cadavers
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Poison centers reported a sharp increase in calls related to accidental overdoses of the weight-loss and diabetes drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy). (CNN) More... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Poison control got 3,000 calls due to Ozempic overdoses this year
For the millions of Americans desperate to lose weight, semaglutide drugs like Ozempic have been a dream come true. But for poison control centers, the popularity of semaglutide has been a nightmare. From January through November of this year, America’s Poison Centers reported almost 3,000 calls…#poisoncenters #kaitbrown #fda #novonordisk #ozempic #josephlambson #missouripoisoncenter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Accidental iron poisoning in children - experience from a teaching institution - Chandran J, Sanketh R, Vyasam S, Chrysolyte A, Ebenezer K.
We report a case series of five children presenting afte... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Poison centers see 1,500% increase in overdoses involving weight-loss drugs like Ozempic - including man who took 10-TIMES the safe dose
Patients across the US called in most often because they had accidentally overdosed, they said - including a man who took ten times the recommended dose. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Reported drug use among adolescents continued to hold below pre-pandemic levels in 2023
New data show relatively low use of illicit substances, yet overdose death rates among teens have risen in recent years. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - December 13, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Reported drug use among adolescents continued to hold below pre-pandemic levels in 2023
New data show relatively low use of illicit substances, yet overdose death rates among teens have risen in recent years (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - December 13, 2023 Category: Addiction Tags: Addiction Science, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Children & Teens, COVID, Monitoring the Future, Monitoring the Future, NIDAMED News, Overdose, Pre-Teens, Teens, Trends and Statistics, Vaping, Health and Medical Professionals, Public Health, Media, Parents and Source Type: news

Youth fatal drug overdose and suicide: trends in Connecticut, 2019-2021 - Kaminer Y, Burke R, Zhornitsky S, Gill J, Zajac K, Hesselbrock V.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Increasing rates of fatal drug overdose (FDO) among youth since 2016 have been driven by fentanyl and polysubstance use. Suicide by youth also increased steadily since 2007. The manner of FDO may be accidental (i.e., unintentiona... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

OHCA Due to Opioid-Stimulant Overdose Lethal, on the Rise OHCA Due to Opioid-Stimulant Overdose Lethal, on the Rise
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) secondary to combined opioid and stimulant use is increasing and is associated with lower survival compared with other drug-specific OHCA profiles.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 11, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news

Suicide within 1 year of non-fatal overdose: risk factors and risk reduction with medications for opioid use disorder - Nowels MA, Duberstein PR, Crystal S, Treitler P, Miles J, Olfson M, Samples H.
OBJECTIVE: Individuals with substance use disorders and overdoses have high risk of suicide death, but evidence is limited on the relationship between interventions following the initial overdose and subsequent suicide death. METHODS: National Medi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news