Sobredosis mortales de fentanilo más cocaína y metanfetamina aumentaron 50 veces en una década
VIERNES, 15 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) – La “cuarta ola” de la crisis de sobredosis en EE. UU. implica el uso de fentanilo ilícito mezclado con estimulantes como cocaína o metanfetamina, y está matando personas a raudales.La proporción de …
Learn MoreFatal ODs Involving Fentanyl Plus Coke, Meth Rose 50-Fold Over a Decade
THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The “fourth wave” of the U.S. overdose crisis involves the use of illicit fentanyl mixed with stimulants such as cocaine or methamphetamine, and it’s killing people in droves.The proportion of U.S. overdose…
Learn MoreOpioids Can Be Continued in Cancer Patients With Nonmedical Stimulant Use
MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with cancer-related pain and nonmedical stimulant use, opioids should be continued, monitoring increased, and tapering avoided, according to a study published online Sept. 11 in Cancer.Katie Fitz…
Learn MoreMore Rapid Increase Seen in Rate of OD Deaths Involving Cocaine + Opioids
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine and opioids increased more quickly from 2011 to 2021 than the rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine alone, according to a July data brief publ…
Learn More2016 to 2021 Saw Increase in Drug Overdose Rates Involving Fentanyl
WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in age-adjusted drug overdose death rates involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, according to a May Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication fr…
Learn MoreCocaine-Induced Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Described
TUESDAY, April 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Young patients with destructive nasal lesions commonly have current cocaine use, according to a study published online April 4 in Rheumatology Advances in Practice.Charn Gill, from the University of Birmingha…
Learn MoreRisk for COVID-19-Linked Endocarditis Up in Patients With Opioid, Cocaine Use Disorders
TUESDAY, Jan. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) or cocaine use disorder (CocaineUD) have an increased risk for endocarditis associated with COVID-19, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Molecular Psychiat…
Learn MoreLos casos de una infección cardiaca letal vinculada con el abuso de opioides se dispararon en la pandemia
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los investigadores ya sabían que inyectarse drogas puede conducir a una infección del corazón, peligrosa y letal, llamada endocarditis.Ahora, saben que infectarse con la COVID-19 también parece aumen…
Learn MoreCases of Deadly Heart Infection Tied to Opioid Abuse Rose Sharply During Pandemic
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers already knew that injecting drugs can lead to the dangerous and deadly heart infection called endocarditis.Now they know that also becoming infected with COVID-19 appears to increase risk for this…
Learn MoreEl uso de marihuana, metanfetamina y cocaína puede provocar una peligrosa fibrilación auricular
JUEVES, 20 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Usar marihuana aumenta el riesgo de desarrollar fibrilación auricular (FA), un trastorno del ritmo cardiaco, sugiere un nuevo estudio.Se sabía que drogas como la metanfetamina, la cocaína y los opiáceo…
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