NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith makes his Super Bowl LVIII predictions
NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith joins Morning Joe to discuss Super Bowl LVII. Smith also discusses teaming up with 'Ready to Rescue', a campaign raising awareness around opioid use and accidental overdosing.#nfl #emmittsmith #superbowllvii (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The effect of cannabis use on depression - Hutchinson J, Sall S, Stevens L.
This article presents the case of a 21-year-old female with a psychiatric history of depression and a history of chronic cannabis use who presented to the emergency department after overdosing on ondansetron and was urine test positive for marijuana (tetra... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Is this safe? Examining safety assessments of illicit drug purchasing on social media using conjoint analysis - Haupt MR, Cuomo R, Cui M, Mackey TK.
BACKGROUND: Illicit substance sales facilitated by social media platforms are a growing public health issue given recent increases in overdose deaths, including an alarming rise in cases of fentanyl poisoning. However, little is known about how online user... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Buprenorphine involvement in opioid overdose deaths: a retrospective analysis of postmortem toxicology in Marion County, Indiana, 2015-2021 - Del Pozo B, Atkins D, Andraka-Christou B, Wightman R, Clark MH, Huynh P, Ray B.
Background
Amidst an unprecedented overdose epidemic, the opioid partial agonist buprenorphine is a medication for opioid use disorder associated with reductions in overdose. Despite its efficacy, buprenorphine prescribing remains closely regulated, owing... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Understanding the differential effect of local socio-economic conditions on the relation between prescription opioid supply and drug overdose deaths in US counties - Fink DS, Keyes KM, Branas C, Cerd á M, Gruenwald P, Hasin D.
Background and aims Both local socio-economic conditions and prescription opioid supply are associated with drug overdose deaths, which exhibit substantial geographical heterogeneity across the United States. We measured whether the associations of prescri... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Violence exposure, mental distress, substance use behaviors, and overdose experiences among people who inject drugs - Otachi JK, Thrasher SS, Surratt HL.
Rates of exposure to traumatic events are up to two times higher among people with substance use disorders (SUDs) compared to the US general population. Overdoses (OD) and overdose fatalities have continued to increase nationally and in Kentucky and are as... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Comparison of administration of 8-milligram and 4-milligram intranasal naloxone by law enforcement during response to suspected opioid overdose - New York, March 2022-August 2023 - Payne ER, Stancliff S, Rowe K, Christie JA, Dailey MW.
In 2021, an 8-mg intranasal naloxone product was approved by the Food and Drug Administration; however, no studies have examined outcomes among persons who receive the 8-mg naloxone product and those who receive the usual 4-mg product. During March 2022-Au... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Effect of prescriber notifications of patient's fatal overdose on opioid prescribing at 4 to 12 months: a randomized clinical trial - Doctor JN, Stewart E, Lev R, Lucas J, Knight T, Nguyen A, Menchine M.
Doctor et al1 sought to establish whether clinicians notified by their county ’s medical examiner of their patient’s overdose from a schedule II to IV drug were more likely than clinicians who were not notified to reduce opioid prescribing. The trial inv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Opportunities for clinicians and health systems to address disparities in US drug overdose deaths by race and ethnicity--reply - Kariisa M, Seth P, Jones CM.
In Reply We thank Dr Kirkegaard and Ms Manaugh for raising the importance of expanding access to MOUD, especially among populations who are incarcerated and justice-involved. Expanding equitable access to MOUD is critical to address overdoses in these popu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
"When people who use drugs can't differentiate between medical care and cops, it's a problem." Compounding risks of law Enforcement Harassment & Punitive Healthcare Policies - Ostrach B, Hixon V, Bryce A.
BACKGROUND: Community-based harm reduction programming is widely recognized as an effective strategy for reducing the increased risks for and spread of HIV, HCV, and for reducing the growing rate of overdose deaths among people who use drugs (PWUD). PWUD i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
A detailed study of a prominent dark web fentanyl trafficking organization - Caulkins JP, Schicker PC, Milward HB, Reuter P.
Overdose deaths in North America have soared, primarily because of the spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl. This paper uses detailed qualitative and transaction-level data to analyse an early and prominent dark web fentanyl-selling operation. The dat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Naloxone education and receipt of kit during the perinatal period - Nidey N, Lannon C, Ford S, Kaplan H, Prasad M, Wilder C.
The objective of our study was to examine the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Higher-dose naloxone spray didn't save more lives, researchers find
A study finds that a new, higher-dose nasal spray for reversing opioid overdoses didn't save more lives than the standard dose (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Comparison of Administration of 8-Milligram and 4-Milligram Intranasal Naloxone by Law Enforcement During Response to Suspected Opioid Overdose - New York, March 2022-August 2023
This report describes real-world comparisons of survival, the average number of doses administered, the presence of postnaloxone signs and symptoms, and hospital transport refusal among people receiving 8-mg and 4-mg intranasal naloxone. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 8, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Cutting U.S. Homelessness by 25% Could Prevent 2,000 Opioid Deaths Each Year
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 -- Reducing homelessness by 25% could save nearly 2,000 lives lost each year to opioid overdoses, a new study estimates.It also could save 850 lives from alcohol poisoning and 540 from cocaine overdoses, researchers from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
