FDA warns of fatal risks from mixing opioids and sedatives
Health officials are warning doctors and patients about the potentially fatal consequences of mixing prescription painkillers and popular sedatives like Valium and Xanax, which can lead to breathing problems, coma and death. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - August 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
FDA: Opioids Plus Sedatives Pose Fatal OD Risk
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2016 -- Mixing prescription opioid painkillers with a class of drugs that includes popular sedatives such as Valium and Xanax can cause a fatal overdose, U.S. health officials warned Wednesday.
The U.S. Food and Drug... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
The effect of chronic alprazolam intake on memory, attention, and psychomotor performance in healthy human male volunteers - Chowdhury ZS, Morshed MM, Shahriar M, Bhuiyan MA, Islam SM, Bin Sayeed MS.
Alprazolam is used as an anxiolytic drug for generalized anxiety disorder and it has been reported to produce sedation and anterograde amnesia. In the current study, we randomly divided 26 healthy male volunteers into two groups: one group taking alprazola... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Case series: 8 patients exposed to phony alprazolam (Xanax) containing fentanyl and/or etizolam
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Adverse Effects From Counterfeit Alprazolam Tablets. Arens AM et al. Ann Emerg Med 2016 Aug 8 [Epub ahead of print]
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In March of this year,there were 9 deaths reported in Pinellas County, Florida (the Tampa/St. Petersburg area) associated with fake alprazolam (Xanax) tablets containing fentanyl. Earlier, similar counterfeit pills had been seen around San Francisco and in Monroe County Southern Illinois.
This letter, from the University of California-San Francisco and the California Poison Control System describes 8 cases — including 1 cardiac arrest — from that region. An additional victim ...
Source: The Poison Review - August 25, 2016 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Gussow Tags: Medical alprazolam counterfeit etizolam fake phony xanax Source Type: news
Fake Xanax can be a killer
A new report says Xanax pills laced with the potent pain drug fentanyl were to blame for overdoses and death (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - August 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fake Xanax Cut With Potent Pain Med Can Be a Killer
1 person died, 8 were sickened when illicit pills circulated in San Francisco, doctors report (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - August 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fake Xanax cut with potent pain med can be a killer
Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News At least one death and eight hospitalizations in late 2015 were due to counterfeit Xanax tablets cut with a powerful and dangerous opiate, a new report shows. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fake Xanax Cut with Potent Pain Med Can Be a Killer
1 person died, 8 were sickened when illicit pills circulated in San Francisco, doctors report
Source: HealthDay
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fake Xanax Cut With Potent Pain Med Can Be a Killer
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2016 -- At least one San Francisco-area drug user died and eight more landed in the ER in late 2015 after taking counterfeit Xanax tablets that had been cut with a powerful and dangerous opiate, a new report shows.
The nine people... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Counterfeit Alprazolam Poses a'Major Public Health Threat'Counterfeit Alprazolam Poses a'Major Public Health Threat '
Counterfeit alprazolam tablets containing the highly potent opioid fentanyl have been behind a series of cases of central nervous system depression and death in California.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - August 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Fentanyl: The dangers of this potent “ man-made ” opioid
As we watch the devastation of the opioid crisis escalate in a rising tide of deaths, a lesser known substance is frequently mentioned: fentanyl. Fentanyl’s relative obscurity was shattered with the well-publicized overdose death of pop star Prince. Previously used only as a pharmaceutical painkiller for crippling pain at the end of life or for surgical procedures, fentanyl is now making headlines as the drug responsible for a growing proportion of overdose deaths.
So what is fentanyl and why is it so dangerous?
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, meaning it is made in a laboratory but acts on the same receptors in the b...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - August 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Wakeman, MD, FASAM, Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Substance Use Disorder Initiative Tags: Addiction Behavioral Health Brain and cognitive health Pain Management Prevention Source Type: news
Alprazolam use and related harm among opioid substitution treatment clients - 12 months follow up after regulatory rescheduling - Deacon RM, Nielsen S, Leung S, Rivas G, Cubitt T, Monds LA, Ezard N, Larance B, Lintzeris N.
BACKGROUND: Alprazolam, has been associated with disproportionate harms compared to other benzodiazepines, especially among people in opioid substitution treatment (OST). We examine the effect of the rescheduling of alprazolam in Australia, from Schedule 4... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Nerd alert: Reading is good for your health
Clients who seek solace by pouring their hearts out in Alison Kerr Courtney's office don't get rewarded with a Xanax or Prozac prescription. Instead, they walk away with a reading list.
The founder of BiblioRemedy isn't a licensed therapist, nor is sh... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - July 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Xanax XR (Alprazolam) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - July 21, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Yes, Benzos Are Bad For You
This article was originally published on Recovery Brands' Pro Talk/Pro Corner
http://www.rehabs.com/pro-talk-articles/yes-benzos-are-bad-for-you/
Allen Frances is a professor emeritus at Duke University and was the chairman of the DSM-IV task force. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. (Source: Science - The Huffington Post)
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
