Sentences with phrase «most opioid overdose»
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The state saw a total of 439 drug overdoses in 2015; most were related to opioids, and about 70 percent of these opioid - related deaths involved fentanyl.
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Emergency room runs for opioid overdoses grew by 30 percent between July 2016 and September 2017, the most recent federal statistics show.
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.
«Use of Narcan as soon as an overdose victim is identified is the most effective strategy for preventing mortality from opioid overdoses,» Burstein said.
Most patients in our sample overdosed on prescription opioids, suggesting that further efforts to stem the prescription opioid overdose epidemic are urgently needed,» the study concludes.
«Most patients still prescribed opioids after nonfatal overdose, study finds.»
Illicit drugs like heroin and marijuana are most often present in drug - related overdose deaths, but opioids are part of the picture 33 percent of the time.
Because most patient populations have more cardiovascular deaths than overdose deaths, our finding means that prior studies may have underestimated the harms of long - acting opioids.»
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.
«The off label may be fine for most overdoses related to standard heroin or prescription opioids, but may not be strong enough for these other drugs,» Chou said.