Search results for "Overdoses"
Overdose risk may be highest in week after hospital discharge for patients on long-term opioids
During the first seven days after hospital discharge, patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy overdosed on opioids at a rate six times higher than in other time periods, a retrospective study in one health system found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/01/31/4.htm
31 Jan 2023
One pill can kill: Tackling substance use disorders
ACP believes that substance use disorders are a chronic medical condition and should be managed as such.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/one-pill-can-kill-tackling-substance-use-disorders.htm
1 Oct 2024
Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids increase while overall opioid deaths decline
From 2017 to 2018, overdose deaths related to prescription opioids and heroin decreased by 14% and 4%, respectively, and overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids increased by 10%.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/31/4.htm
31 Mar 2020
Planned safe injection site aims to curb overdose deaths
Founders of a new nonprofit in Philadelphia are attempting to open the nation's first legal overdose prevention site.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/01/planned-safe-injection-site-aims-to-curb-overdose-deaths.htm
1 Jan 2020
Stopping opioid treatment linked to increased risk of death from overdose or suicide in veterans
The risk of death from overdose or suicide increased immediately after starting or stopping opioids and continued to rise the longer patients were treated with opioids.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/17/2.htm
17 Mar 2020
Racial disparities seen in U.S. drug overdose deaths in first year of pandemic
An analysis of CDC data found that while overall U.S. drug overdose deaths increased by 30% from 2019 to 2020, rates increased 44% among non-Hispanic Black and 39% among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native persons versus 22% in White persons.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/07/26/2.htm
26 Jul 2022
At-home nasal flu vaccine, syphilis test approved
This column reviews recent recalls, alerts, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/11/at-home-nasal-flu-vaccine-syphilis-test-approved.htm
1 Nov 2024
Illicitly manufactured fentanyls involved in increasing number of U.S. overdose deaths
From July 2019 to December 2020, sharp increases were seen in deaths involving illicitly manufactured fentanyls in midwestern (33.1%), southern (64.7%), and western (93.9%) jurisdictions, federal data indicate.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/21/4.htm
21 Dec 2021
New UTI treatment, AI sepsis risk calculator approved
This column reviews recent recalls, alerts, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/06/fda.htm
1 Jun 2024
Patients with OUD less likely to stop methadone than buprenorphine/naloxone
Results were consistent after fentanyl became present in the population and across a range of subgroup and sensitivity analyses.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/10/22/4.htm
22 Oct 2024