Alvogen’s fentanyl transdermal system is sold at five different strengths, and an error saw products containing 50mcg/h patches labelled as 12mcg/h. The lots were distributed in the US to the pharmacy level.According to the company, the application of a 50mcg/h patch instead of the prescribed...
BELFAST — A needle exchange program made its Belfast debut April 18, when it officially opened to the public. The program, which is overseen by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is run by the nonprofit Health and Equity Alliance. Until the Belfast office opened, the closest...
Opioid users fear accidental overdoses from street drugs laced with fentanyl, but unpredictable drug quality means they often lack reliable strategies to avoid it, according to a team of researchers who suggest that fentanyl test strips may reduce overdose deaths. ...
THE opioid Fentanyl could be classed as a "weapon of mass destruction" in the US, as part of a drastic bid to lower overdose deaths. The drug, which provides intense relief from severe pain, is said to be 100 times more powerful than heroin. Getty Images -...
The US Government could start classing the opiod drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction in a bid to improve its control of the chemical.More than 18,000 Americans died of fentanyl overdoses in 2016, a rise of more than 1,000 per cent from 1,600...
A grand jury indicted Sergio Perez, 43, of Deltona, with one count of first-degree murder and Melanie Cunningham, 27, of Deltona, with two counts of first-degree murder. Two ringleaders of a heroin distribution organization jailed after their operation was busted in October were charged Monday with...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Despite the many initiatives the state has implemented to fight the opioid epidemic, overdose deaths continue to rise in Vermont. Preliminary data from the Vermont Health Department shows opioid overdose deaths generally did not change from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, the health department...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top military and Homeland Security officials are considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to an internal DHS memo. The synthetic opioid, blamed in health surveys for surging drug overdose deaths in the United States, has for decades concerned national security officials...