TUESDAY, Feb. 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Drug makers and federal regulators dropped the ball in tracking the use of a potentially deadly fast-acting form of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, putting thousands of patients at risk of a fatal overdose, a new study claims.Transmucosal Immediate-Release...
Public health officials are warning about another new form of fentanyl that’s reportedly been found in Oxford County.Southwestern Public Health issued an alert last week about yellow fentanyl, warning of the new opioid’s potency.Lisa Gillespie, a public health nurse, said Southwestern Public Health learned of...
A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and manufacturers did not take action when evidence emerged that potentially lethal fentanyl products were being inappropriately prescribed to patients. The study will be...
LoadingIt's the sixth report released by the commission, with the last analysis being performed in April 2018.Tests in the ACT in August 2018 revealed the second highest average capital city consumption of heroin, as well as the pharmaceutical opioids fentanyl and oxycodone.It showed in August...
MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - The Madison County coroner says he’s seen a spike in overdoses to start 2019. As of Jan. 1, the count is at seven. “You think that’s not many. Yes it is, seven people who shouldn’t have died,” said Coroner Jimmy...
]]> By Joe Gorman | February 19, 2019 at 12:05a.m. By Joe Gorman jgorman@vindy.com BOARDMAN A grand jury last week tabbed a...
Even though they appear to have the evidence on camera, a B.C. judge threw out the case against a Calgary man accused of trafficking fentanyl.Sandor Rigo was stopped for speeding by an RCMP officer in April 2018. The officer used a...
