Sentences with phrase «fatal opioid overdoses»

This plateau coincided with the release of Canadian guidelines for opioids, as well as the first paper showing that the rate of fatal opioid overdoses had increased dramatically in Canada.

We can not stand still while deaths from fatal opioid overdoses continue to rise at an accelerating rate.

There have been 112 confirmed fatal opioid overdoses so far this year in Erie County and another 132 suspected cases, said County Health Department Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein.

Illicit fentanyl has fueled the alarming rise in the number of fatal opioid overdoses in Erie County and across the country, according to public health officials.

The federal Drug Enforcement Agency is setting up a new heroin enforcement team on Long Island — an epicenter of fatal opioid overdoses in recent years.

Not exact matches

Colleges around the U.S., spurred by fatal student overdoses and grieving families, are distributing lifesaving medication and adding on - campus recovery programs as the nation's opioid epidemic worsens.

Fentanyl, an opioid typically is used to alleviate pain, has driven record fatal drug overdoses in New York City.

According to documents regarding the introduction of the program, in 2015, 107 Westchester County residents died of fatal drug overdoses, and 83 percent of those deaths were caused by heroin — many of such users started with using prescription opioids.

At a time when fatal heroin and opioid overdoses have risen to unprecedented rates — 10 suspected opiate overdose deaths a week in Erie County — many area families complain that health care insurers are denying coverage for loved ones seeking medication and inpatient treatment for their addictions.

«Family and friends of those struggling with addiction often feel helpless and the worst case scenario of a fatal overdose is always looming,» said Sherlita Amler, MD, Commissioner of Health, who writes the standing orders that cover the prescriptions needed for the county to participate in the New York State Opioid Overdose Prevention overdose is always looming,» said Sherlita Amler, MD, Commissioner of Health, who writes the standing orders that cover the prescriptions needed for the county to participate in the New York State Opioid Overdose Prevention Overdose Prevention Program.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Erie County continues to take a proactive stance to address the serious public health crisis of fatal opioid drug overdoses in our community.

Because opioids can shut down breathing, overdoses are often fatal without medical intervention.

Opioid dependence is a growing public health problem in the United States and globally, associated with the spread of viruses such as HIV and hepatitis C, as well as fatal overdose when left untreated.

Since the resurgence of opioid - based medications to treat pain in the 1990s, the drugs have become the primary source of fatal overdoses in the United States.

Even the most severe critics, Bachhuber says, would accept that medical cannabis is safer than opioids when it comes to the risk of fatal overdose.

And an overdose of marijuana is never fatal because the drug doesn't slow heart rate and breathing as opioids do.

Sadly, opioid drugs are typically prescribed as a first line of treatment for back pain, 1 not exercise, and these drugs have now surpassed both heroin and cocaine as the leading cause of fatal drug overdoses in the US.

VANCOUVER Researchers say opioid users in Vancouvers Downtown Eastside are increasingly testing positive for the potent painkiller fentanyl, which was linked to the majority of fatal overdoses in British Columbia last year.