20 Feb Hazleton Police seeking Wapwallopen woman in fentanyl case
February 19, 2019 Through his attorney, local funeral director Brian Leffler sent a letter to Luzerne County officials this week urging them not to select any funeral director...
February 19, 2019 Through his attorney, local funeral director Brian Leffler sent a letter to Luzerne County officials this week urging them not to select any funeral director...
The parents of a 1-year-old Lawrence girl who was hospitalized for fentanyl exposure were ordered held without bail Tuesday on drug trafficking charges — after cops said the couple initially lied about where their daughter found the pill. Mcdanner Pereyra and Jennifer Ouch, both 27, of...
Fentanyl exposure has killed one child in Massachusetts and sickened at least two others in what has become a surge of juvenile overdose incidents nationwide. Children are most vulnerable to the drug’s powerful respiratory depression, according to the FDA, which recommends disposing of fentanyl by flushing...
As many as half the patients who were prescribed potent fentanyl painkillers designed for people battling cancer should not have received the drug from doctors, according to a new study released Tuesday that sheds light on opioid oversight. Among the chief findings is that the U.S....
As many as half the patients who were prescribed potent fentanyl painkillers designed for people battling cancer should not have received the drug from doctors, according to a new study released Tuesday that sheds light on opioid oversight. Among the chief findings is that the U.S....
CINCINNATI — Authorities unsealed a federal indictment Tuesday against three Cincinnati men accused of conspiring to distribute fentanyl.Derek "Duke" Ragan, 49; Anthony "Pea Head" Sanderson, 63; and Lawrence "LB" Bell, 66, face between 10 years and life in prison if convicted in the scheme. A...
(CNN) – More than 2 million people in the U.S. are either dependent on or abusing prescription and illegal opioids to treat their pain. Now, a new report says the F.D.A. and drug manufacturers failed to properly monitor the use of one very potent drug.– An...
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...