Risk of suicide attempts and intentional self-harm on alprazolam - Gibbons RD, Hur K, Lavigne JE, Mann JJ.
BACKGROUND: From 2000-2021, U.S. suicide deaths have risen 36 %. Identification of pharmacological agents associated with increased suicide risk and safer alternatives may help reduce this trend. METHODS: An exposure-only within-subject time-to-eve... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

2 Dirt Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold
Dividend stocks are great for several reasons. Some use the regular payouts they offer to complement their income, whether in retirement or otherwise, while others reinvest the money to boost long-term returns. Dividend stocks have generally outperformed their non-dividend-paying peers over long…#dividend #pfe #pfizer #seagen #upjohn #mylannv #viagra #xanax #switzerland #idorsia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Psychedelic news: The government finally fast-tracked LSD as an anxiety treatment
Until this morning, for the latest news about MindMed, the first publicly traded pharmaceutical company focused on psychedelics, you probably needed to check Vice or a news feed like Psychedelic Alpha’s. But the New York-based biotech startup is getting taken more seriously today, after announcing…#mindmed #psychedelicalphas #mm120 #fda #mindmedsmm120 #davidfeifel #sandiego #prozacnation #xanax #projectlucy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pennsylvania Family Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking
According to court documents, Hadja Franklin, 55, Nabyunissa Bangoura ( “Nayunissa”), 34, Tanziludin Bangurah (“Tanziludin”), 52, manufactured counterfeit oxycodone and Xanax in a laboratory in their residence in rural Pennsylvania, which they sold on the darkweb under the moniker “MonPham.” (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - March 5, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

This is the type of medication most likely to be confiscated before a flight
While rules for traveling with liquids have been drilled into travelers for years after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) introduced the 3-1-1 liquid rule as a post-9/11 precaution, much less attention has been given to traveling with medication — even if it is one of the most…#tsa #usatoday #shutterstockreason #airlines #xanax #ambien #ricardorodriguez (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trump Accused Biden Of Being Pumped Up On Cocaine, But Report Suggests His White House Was'Awash In Speed '
A recent report has disclosed that White House staffers frequently used controlled substances, including modafinil and Xanax, during the Donald Trump administration. The report indicates a lack of oversight and record-keeping in the distribution of these substances. What Happened: The White House…#xanax #donaldtrump #trump #defensedepartment #rollingstone #pentagon #interestingly #marjorietaylorgreene (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Inside the UK's battle with pregabalin: How addiction fears over opioids and benzos left country sleepwalking towards unfolding fiasco with 'Valium on steroids' - as map reveals areas where up to one in 25 residents are given powerful anti-anxiety pills
Tens of thousands of Brits take the prescription-only drug, nicknamed 'Valium on steroids' and the 'new Xanax' by doctors aware of its powerful effects. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

US Government Plans to Sell $130M Worth of Bitcoins Seized from Silk Road
Coinspeaker US Government Plans to Sell $130M Worth of Bitcoins Seized from Silk Road On Thursday, January 25, the US government filed a notice to sell nearly $130 million worth of Bitcoins seized from the fallout of the Silk Road darknet marketplace. The government is planning to sell this in two…#bitcoinsseized #bitcoins #silkroad #ryanfarace #maryland #xanax #seanbridges #bitcoin #memphis #tennessee (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. plans to sell $130 million of Bitcoin seized in connection with Silk Road
The U.S. government has filed notice to sell $130 million of Bitcoin (BTC) previously seized connection with the Silk Road darknet marketplace. The government said that it says that it intends to dispose of (ie. sell) two lots of Bitcoin in any manner that the U.S. Attorney general directs. That…#bitcoin #xanax #ryanfarace #maryland #seanbridges #silkroad #memphis #tennessee #arlington #virginia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CDC sounds alarm over 'designer Xanax' that is behind one in seven overdoses in US - and there is no antidote
Health officials in the United States are sounding the alarm over 'designer' Xanax - Bromazolam - that is increasingly behind more overdose deaths. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

' Fake Xanax' Tied to Seizures, Coma; Naloxone Ineffective'Fake Xanax' Tied to Seizures, Coma; Naloxone Ineffective
The street drug bromazolam, an illicit benzodiazepine, is tied to seizures and coma and is showing up with increasing frequency in the US illicit drug supply.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - January 9, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

' Fake Xanax' Tied to Seizures, Coma Is Resistant to Naloxone'Fake Xanax' Tied to Seizures, Coma Is Resistant to Naloxone
The street drug bromazolam, an illicit benzodiazepine, is tied to seizures and coma and is showing up with increasing frequency in the US illicit drug supply.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - January 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Notes from the field: Seizures, hyperthermia, and myocardial injury in three young adults who consumed bromazolam disguised as alprazolam -- Chicago, Illinois, February 2023 - Ehlers PF, Deitche A, Wise LM, Patrick SL, Holloway-Beth A, Ellison R, Trecki J, Gerona R, Wahl MS.
This report describes a cluster of three patients treated at a local emergency department after consuming bromazolam. Bromazolam is a "designer" triazolobenzodiazepine synthesized in 1976 but never approved for therapeutic use (1). Since its first dete... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Potent Benzodiazepine Masquerading as Xanax Hospitalizes Three in Chicago
(MedPage Today) -- Three young adults in Chicago who thought they were taking alprazolam (Xanax) actually ingested the unapproved and far more potent bromazolam, requiring an intensive care unit stay, public health officials warned. The "designer... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Deaths Tied to'Fake Xanax' Street Drug Are Soaring
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 -- Three twenty-somethings in Chicago took a street drug they thought was a harmless form of Xanax. All three were found collapsed and unresponsive eight hours later by one of their mothers, who had them rushed to the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news