A new study published in JAMA Network Open by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans
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Reducing the risk of post-incarceration opioid overdose in women
More than 75 percent of incarcerated women in Oregon’s state prison system require treatment for a substance use disorder. Further,
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What happens when you overdose?
Your body is a delicately balanced chemical system, and if you take too much of a drug, you destroy that
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New model found effective in predicting risk of opioid overdose
Current approaches to identifying people who are at high risk for overdosing on opioids target many who are not truly
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Overdose deaths from fentanyl soaring: report
(HealthDay)—The number of Americans dying from overdoses of the powerful narcotic fentanyl rose 12-fold in recent years, health officials reported
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Potentially inappropriate opioid prescribing tied to overdose
(HealthDay)—Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) of opioids is associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality and fatal and nonfatal overdose, according
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Demi Lovato Has Been Hospitalized After Suspected Overdose
Demi Lovato was hospitalized on Tuesday, following “what appears to be a heroin overdose,” reports TMZ. The pop singer, 25,
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Fentanyl now drives drug overdose deaths in U.S.
(HealthDay)—Overdose deaths involving dangerous synthetic opioids like fentanyl have skyrocketed in recent years, surpassing deaths from prescription painkillers, a new
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