Tag: Drug Abuse
CDC: Heterosexual Syphilis Transmission Up for Drug Users
Substantial proportion of heterosexual syphilis transmission seen in drug users, especially meth users
Misuse of Rx Opioids Linked to Other High-Risk Behaviors
Prescribed opioid misuse strongly tied to other drug use disorders, illegal activity, psychological distress
Donor Heart Recovery From Drug-Intoxicated Deaths Has Increased
Campaigns promoting organ donation in populations affected by drugs have contributed to increase
Mandated Neonatal Abstinence Reporting Helps Quantify Cases
Five of six states with mandatory reporting receive case reports within 30 days of diagnosis
Opioids Now More Deadly for Americans Than Traffic Accidents
Preventable injuries are the third leading cause of death in the United States
800-662-HELP Underappreciated in Media, General Population
Searches for SAMHSA hotline did not increase after singer Demi Lovato's heroin-related overdose
Nine Cases of Wound Botulism ID’d in Injection Drug Users
All patients used injection drugs; seven reported using black tar heroin and six practiced skin popping
Smartphone App Can Detect Early Signs of Opioid Overdose
App has high sensitivity, specificity for opioid-induced central apnea, respiratory depression
Discharge One Hour After Naloxone for OD May Be Option
New rule has sensitivity, specificity of 84.1, 62.1 percent for patients receiving prehospital naloxone
More Than Two-Thirds of Drug OD Deaths in 2017 Involved Opioids
Significant increases seen in death rates involving synthetic opioids in 15 of 20 states from 2013 to 2017
