Sentences with phrase «opioid overdose epidemic»

Data from emergency departments (EDs) show that the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic continues to worsen, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

«Given the increasing availability of marijuana and the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic, understanding the role of controlled substances in motor vehicle crashes is of significant public health importance.»

«The face of the current opioid overdose epidemic changes quickly from month to month.

«Non-medical use of pain relievers is of particular interest because of pain relievers» role in the opioid overdose epidemic,» Mr. Caputi and Dr. Humphreys observe.

«Given the current state of the opioid overdose epidemic, it is critical that patients seeking help for opioid addiction have access to comprehensive treatment that includes highly effective medications whose effects may be enhanced with the provision of psychosocial interventions,» according to the report by Karen Dugosh, PhD, of Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, and colleagues

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.

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.

U.S. life expectancy has actually fallen for two years in a row — and while the opioid addiction and overdose epidemic has a part to play in that, overall, the diseases that kill Americans have been killing a larger share of them.

On Thursday, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sent this letter to 2.3 million American doctors asking for their help to curb what's being called an «unprecedented» epidemic of opioid painkiller overdose deaths.

The White House report on the epidemic says that 142 Americans die of drug overdoses every day, and urges measures like federal legislation that would boost widespread adoption of naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote.

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.

Last year, stats concerning the opioid epidemic crossed a grim new line: Overdoses — mostly on opioids — are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50.

We can also show you research that says in states where medical cannabis is legal, opioid overdose deaths and addiction treatment admissions have fallen, providing a glimmer of hope to perhaps solving an American epidemic.

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.

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.

As the opioid epidemic continues across upstate New York, Naxalone, known by its brand name as Narcan, has become a critical component in stopping overdoses.

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.

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.

PolitifactNY (in other words, Dan Clark) debunks Cuomo's claim that we are «losing as many people to heroin and opioid overdoses as we lost to the AIDS epidemic at its peak.»

New York City could become the first city in the United States to adopt supervised injection facilities — also known as safe injection sites — in an effort to combat drug overdose deaths and the opioid epidemic.

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The researchers hope their findings could help other large health systems use their own electronic medical systems as part of a larger initiative to address a key aspect of the nation's epidemic of painkiller overdoses and opioid addiction.

This information is especially important as such surgeries become even more frequent as the US population ages and the «opioid epidemic» continues to produce dramatic increases in opioid use, misuse, and overdose.

The opioid epidemic is something that has quadrupled [overdose deaths] in the U.S. And we are always concerned about an influenza epidemic.

«As opioid use and overdose deaths in this country exceed epidemic proportions,» they conclude, «the urgency for an expanded research agenda on best practices for comprehensive treatment could not be more critical.»

«Deaths related to opioid overdose increased by more than 200 percent over the past 15 years, and the epidemic has disproportionately impacted the Medicaid population.»

Other big issues include combating antibiotic resistance in the U.S., stemming the opioid epidemic that has quadrupled overdose deaths in the U.S. since 1999 and remaining vigilant against the perennial onslaught of influenza — as well as emerging threats including tick - borne pathogens.

Although pain management after surgery continues to rely on opioids, there are concerns that ubiquitous use of opioids has led to a growing epidemic of addiction, dependence, and overdose (ODO).

Read more: Prince's overdose: How painkillers unleashed a deadly epidemic; A small class - action lawsuit could stop the US opioid epidemic

These findings, which appear in Substance Abuse, come amid an opioid addiction epidemic and could offer a roadmap for how best to equip communities to prevent deaths from drug overdoses.

«US opioid epidemic reaches new level of crisis in overdoses, hospitalizations and cost: New study conducted by Ben - Gurion University, Harvard and University of Chicago researchers.»

«With the rates of opioid dependence and overdose skyrocketing and physician prescriptions representing the center of the supply chain, it is imperative for surgeons to balance the pain - control needs of patients with the devastating consequences of America's epidemic,» researchers wrote.

«However, the ubiquitous use of opioids has led to a growing epidemic of addiction, dependence and overdose.»

The article goes on to mention the CDC's release of guidelines on opioid prescription but fails to cite that this guidance came out as late as March, 2016, well after the epidemic had already taken root and thousands were already addicted and dying of overdose (I wrote an article on the CDC's guidelines last year and highly recommend you read that article too if you want to learn more).

Called the «overdose drug» because it counteracts the potentially lethal effects of heroin, oxycodone, and other abused narcotics, this lifesaving medicine is making headlines thanks to the opioid addiction epidemic.

The current epidemic of opioid use has been called the worst drug crisis in American history with associated overdose deaths building across the nation.