HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) — “Hidden” drug overdoses account for nearly 1 in 7 sudden cardiac deaths, a…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Prescription drug monitoring programs are touted as a way to reduce overdoses from…
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Reversing An Overdose Isn’t Complicated, But Getting The Antidote Can Be
by Jake Harper May 7, 2018Enlarge this image The Surgeon General recommends more Americans carry naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote. Jake Harper/Side Effects Public Media hide caption…
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May 1, 2018 — Fentanyl, the synthetic narcotic painkiller implicated in the 2016 overdose death of singer Prince, has been named a…
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HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) — As the United States grapples with an ongoing opioid epidemic, experts are calling…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 17, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Organ donations from Americans who have died from an opioid overdose have risen…
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April 5, 2018 — Use of prescription opioid painkillers by Americans with employer-based health insurance has fallen to its lowest level in…
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April 5, 2018 — The large number of opioid overdose deaths in the United States has led the nation’s Surgeon General to…