Sentences with phrase «from opioid overdose»

«Prince's heirs have sued Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated the music superstar after he suffered from an opioid overdose, alleging that a doctor and various pharmacists failed to provide Prince with reasonable care, contributing to his death.»

According to the CDC, 91 Americans die every day from opioid overdose, and over 1,000 people are treated in the emergency room each day for misuse of opioid medications.

Death from opioid overdose is preventable through timely administration of the antidote naloxone.

A majority of Americans report having experience with substance abuse of various types, and 13 percent have had a relative or close friend die from an opioid overdose.

Ninety - one Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.

Prince's heirs have sued Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated the music superstar after he suffered from an opioid overdose, alleging that a doctor and various pharmacists failed to provide Prince with reasonable care, contributing to his death.

More than 42,000 people died in 2016 from an opioid overdose.

Graphics show death rate from opioid overdoses in the U.S. and number of narcotic painkiller prescriptions.

Half a million Americans have died from opioid overdoses from 2000 to 2014.

State senators are turning to police, doctors, and their constituents for proposed solutions to the increase in deaths from opioid overdoses.

In the 13 states that passed laws allowing for the use of medical marijuana between 1999 and 2010, 25 percent fewer people die from opioid overdoses annually.

Nearly 500 people died from opioid overdoses in Nassau and Suffolk counties last year — the highest number of fatalities ever recorded.

According to the state Health Department, Niagara County tallied 22 deaths from opioid overdoses in 2015 - an increase of one from the previous year - and six more deaths were reported in the first half of 2016, which is the most recent data available.

In April, Nassau and Suffolk counties released data showing nearly 500 people died from opioid overdoses in 2016, with fentanyl overdoses increasing 175 percent from 2015.

«Use of Narcan as soon as an overdose victim is identified is the most effective strategy for preventing mortality from opioid overdoses,» Burstein said.

By the end of this year, he said the county expects some 400 people to die from opioids overdoses.

As the death toll from opioid overdoses continues to rise, Erie County is hitting back with a lawsuit against pharmaceutical makers and doctors who prescribe the drugs.

U.S. deaths from opioid overdoses are mounting with breathtaking speed.

«Half of veterans who died from opioid overdoses also received benzos.»

The latest figures reveal that more people in the US are dying from opioid overdoses than from motor vehicle accidents.

After all, young black men are still disproportionately being charged with simple pot possession, our jails are overflowing with accused with untreated mental health issues, cases are being thrown out of court for delays and scores of Canadians are dying on the streets from opioid overdoses.

Not exact matches

The report noted that this drop is due in large part to the growing opioid epidemic in the U.S. — mortality from drug overdoses rose by 21 percent in 2016.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Reuters)- Nine students from the University of California, Santa Barbara suffered an apparent mass overdose of prescription opioids at a party and were taken to a local hospital, police said on Friday.

So many people are overdosing from heroin and synthetic opioids that the U.S. life expectancy shortened two years in a row.

The increased adoption is driven, of course, by the nation's deepening opioid epidemic — a scourge fueled by prescription pain pill abuse and cheap heroin that resulted in 24,200 overdose deaths in 2013, up 315 % from 1999.

In the three years since, the number of overdose deaths involving fentanyl has skyrocketed at a rate that outpaces deaths from any other opioid, including heroin, hydrocodone, and oxycodone.

Drug overdose deaths — originally from prescription opioids but increasingly now from heroin and fentanyl — have emerged as an increasingly grave social issue, steadily worsening over the past few years even as the economy improves.

Out of the blue, the small distributor of a nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses got a major endorsement from the U.S. president.

Facing a rising death toll from drug overdoses, state lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment for opioid addicts: Force drug manufacturers and their distributors to pay for it.

Trump said that he was preparing to officially declare the United States» worsening epidemic of opioid overdoses as a national emergency, accepting an urgent recommendation from a national commission that he appointed.

The already short - staffed Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office is losing another forensic pathologist at a time when its caseload of autopsies fueled by the opioid drug overdose epidemic is soaring, and plans to use more contract pathologists from New York City.

Last week, the Governor and legislative leaders reached an agreement on multiple bills that include new programs and insurance reforms to improve treatment options for individuals suffering from heroin and opioid addiction; measures to strengthen penalties and put in place additional tools for law enforcement to crack down on the distribution of illegal drugs; provisions to ensure the proper and safe use of naloxone, an overdose antidote; and support for enhanced public awareness campaigns to prevent drug abuse.

The New York Democrat announced his support for the legislation Tuesday in Rochester, where he says there have been increases in crimes, overdoses and deaths from opioids and synthetic counterparts.

New York has been in the grips of an opioid epidemic for more than a decade with more than 2,900 people dying from overdoses statewide last year.

«The number of heroin and opioid overdoses is on the rise and the situation is frightening for many residents from all around Erie County.

The above article was updated to correct several statistics from the city Department of Health and to clarify that Staten Island recorded the highest rate of drug overdose deaths overall, not just opioid overdose deaths, in 2014.

The city is also increasing access to Naloxone, a medication that can reverse overdoses from opioid analgesics and heroin.

Burstein this week said 224 people have died this year, through last Thursday, from confirmed or suspected opioid and heroin overdoses.

«Of those that have been touched by opioid abuse, that is, they or someone they are close with have abused opioids or died from an overdose, one third say they or someone they know have tried to get treatment,» said Siena College Research Institute Director, Don Levy.

«Having Naloxone readily available is a great first step in our battle against overdose deaths from opioids and heroin,» said Carlucci, who sponsored the naloxone bill.

The number of Erie County residents dying from opioid drug overdoses fell last year, reversing a lethal body count trend for the first time since 2013.

In the face of roughly 11 deaths each week in Erie County due to opioid drug overdoses, the County Legislature is poised to approve a «crisis response plan» today that would better connect those suffering from addiction with services and expand Health Department programs aimed add addressing the epidemic.

The push for the database stems from a study published earlier this month in the Annals of Internal Medicine which found 91 % of the 2,848 patients who had previously overdosed were later prescribed opioids by their doctors.

Overdose deaths from opioids, including prescription opioids and heroin, have more than quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Overdoses involving opioids killed more than 28,000 people in the nation in 2014, and more than half of those deaths were from prescription opioids.

In 2017, 30 people died from what appeared to be opioid - related overdoses, 28 of which are pending toxicology but two have been confirmed opioid related.

In Erie County, deaths from heroin or opioid overdoses more than doubled between 2014 and 2015, according to the Erie County Health Department.

From 2009 to 2013, it had the state's 8th - highest rate of opioid overdose deaths per 100,000 population.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 46 people died daily in 2016 from prescription opioid related overdoses.

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