Tag: OVER
Self-Service Vending Machine Provides Harm Reduction Services
Vending machine dispenses naloxone, sharps containers, safer injection/smoking kits, pregnancy tests, HIV tests
Discontinuing Long-Term Opioids Tied to Overdose Risk
Tapering cuts risk for overdose among those with opioid use disorder
Increase in Overdose Mortality Greater Among the Pregnant in 2020
Overdose mortality increased about 81 percent from 2017 to 2020 among pregnant and postpartum women
2000 to 2020 Saw Increase in Drug Overdose Death Rates in Seniors
For men aged 65 to 74 and 75 years or older, drug overdose death rates were higher for non-Hispanic Black men
Benzodiazepines Tied to Drug Overdose in Young People With Sleep Disorders
Findings even stronger for young people with a recent opioid prescription
FDA Moves Toward Making Overdose Antidote an Over-the-Counter Drug
If the overdose antidote drug naloxone becomes easier to obtain, it could save lives and help combat the U.S. opioid crisis
Unintentional Overdose Deaths in U.S. Teens Spiked in 2020
Eight in 10 teen unintentional overdose deaths involved fentanyl and other synthetic opioids
Experts Say New Street Drug Is ‘as Deadly as Fentanyl’
Overall, deaths in Tennessee known to be linked to nitazenes rose from 10 in 2020 to 42 one year later
EMS Encounters for Opioid-Involved OD Rates Up 2018 to 2022
Highest rates and largest rate increases seen in urban counties and counties with higher unemployment rates
Out-of-Pocket Costs for Naloxone Up for Uninsured Patients
For 2018 compared with 2014, mean out-of-pocket cost of naloxone increased by 506 percent among uninsured patients
