At high doses opioids, particularly fentanyl, causes rapid cessation of breathing, respiratory failure and death, the physiologic sequence by which people commonly succumb from an unintentional opioid overdose. Yet most times death can be prevented through early detection and timely intervention if naloxone is administered...
Charlottesville resident Jordan McNeish knows the perils of opioid addiction first-hand. Three years ago, he was on an East Coast road trip with his ex-girlfriend, and the plan was to end up in Maine. But their first stop was Baltimore, to buy heroin. McNeish, 29, says...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 9, 2019 / In this post, Dr. Najib Babul, an experienced pharmaceutical scientist, drug developer, inventor and consultant discusses the use of fentanyl test strips (FTS) to reduce opioid overdose complications and death. More than 2.1...
Rates of substance use disorder have continued to grow in the United States and studies have shown that 10-15% of health care professionals abuse substances at some point in their lifetime. Many individuals working in the health care field are dealing with patients, so these...
BOSTON (AP) — The former chief executive of a company that produces a potentially addictive fentanyl spray pleaded guilty Wednesday to scheming with his colleagues to bribe doctors into increasing prescriptions to boost sales. Former Insys Therapeutics CEO Michael Babich also agreed to cooperate with federal...
by Jessica Stringfield, WKRCThree arrested for outstanding warrants, possession of fentanyl, meth (Butler County Sheriff's Office)CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Three people were arrested Jan. 8 on outstanding warrants and drug possession. During the traffic stop at Park Ave. and F St. in Hamilton, Butler County Police...
U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier sentenced Anthony John Tozer, 33, on Tuesday in Fargo to 300 months in confinement after pleading guilty to a controlled substance crime that resulted in the death of Faith Burns, a 20-year-old woman who died Dec. 17, 2017, after ingesting...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc pleaded guilty on Wednesday to engaging in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive opioid medication and has agreed to become a government witness. FILE PHOTO: A box of the Fentanyl-based drug...
A new software system for smartphones can quickly and unobtrusively detect early signs of opioid overdoses, according to a new study. The software successfully identified respiratory depression (a hallmark symptom of overdose) in opioid users in an injection facility and during simulated overdoses (mimicked by...