Xylazine Increasingly ID’d in Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl Overdose Deaths
THURSDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2019 to 2022, there was a considerable increase in illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF)-involved overdose deaths with xylazine detected, according to research published in the June 30 issue of the U.S….
Learn MoreFDA Sends Warning to Companies Selling THC Products That Look Like Candy, Cookies
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Several companies are selling copycat food items that have the potential to trick people, including children, into consuming dangerous quantities of cannabis.On Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio…
Learn MoreCDC: 2018 to 2021 Saw Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Xylazine
FRIDAY, June 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2018 to 2021, there was an increase in the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving xylazine, from 0.03 to 1.06 per 100,000 standard population, according to a June Vital Statistics Rapid Rele…
Learn MoreFatal Drug Overdoses More Common in Men
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Men are more likely to have a fatal overdose than women across drug categories, according to a study published June 14 in Neuropsychopharmacology.Eduardo R. Butelman, Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine…
Learn MoreFatal Drug Overdoses More Common in Men
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Men are more likely to have a fatal overdose than women across drug categories, according to a study published June 14 in Neuropsychopharmacology.Eduardo R. Butelman, Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine…
Learn MoreDrug Overdoses Are Killing Men at Much Higher Rates Than Women
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — American men die of drug overdoses at a higher rate than women, but new research shows that difference can’t be completely explained by factors like misuse or greater use.A study led by scientists from the I…
Learn MoreDrug Overdoses Are Killing Men at Much Higher Rates Than Women
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — American men die of drug overdoses at a higher rate than women, but new research shows that difference can’t be completely explained by factors like misuse or greater use.A study led by scientists from the I…
Learn MoreReport IDs Characteristics of Adult ED Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A report published online May 23 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides a descriptive analysis of adult patients who visited …
Learn MoreLa mayoría de los usuarios de drogas inyectadas no buscan el fentanilo a propósito, según un estudio
JUEVES, 1 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Muchos estadounidenses que se inyectan drogas ilegales reciben, sin saberlo, fentanilo combinado con heroína, lo que puede aumentar su riesgo de sobredosis y quizá su tolerancia a la droga. Alrededor de u…
Learn MoreMost Injection Drug Users Are Not Seeking Out Fentanyl: Study
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans who inject illicit drugs are unknowingly getting fentanyl mixed in with their heroin, which can increase their risk for overdose and perhaps their tolerance for the drug.About 80% of injection …
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