Tag: opioid overdose
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...
Philadelphia bans supervised injection sites – evidence suggests keeping drug users...
Jordan Hyatt, Drexel University; Jannet van der Veen, Drexel University; Synøve Nygaard Andersen, University of Oslo, and Tony Joakim Ananiassen Sandset, University...
What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about...
Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid...
Benjamin Land, University of Washington
Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result...
Taking certain opioids while on commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the...
Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina
Taking oxycodone at the same time as certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs),...
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...
Is it wrong to ask your doctor for opioids?
Travis N. Rieder, Johns Hopkins University
More than 42,000 people died in 2016 from an opioid overdose. Forty percent of these deaths involved a prescription...