Sentences with phrase «opioid overdoses continues»

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.

The number of heroin and opioid overdoses continues to rise in central New York.

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

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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.

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.

«Heroin overdoses, as well as overdoses from opioids such as hydrocodone, continue to plague our community» states Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health («ECDOH»).

A «scary statistic,» Boyle cited was a research finding showing that doctors continue to prescribe opioids for 91 % of patients who have experienced an overdose.

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.

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).

And, at two years of follow - up, patients who continued taking high dosages of opioids were twice as likely to have another overdose compared to those who discontinued opioid use after their initial overdose.

But addicts on buprenorphine continue to want the real thing, and they often raise the level of opioids they take in an attempt to get high, causing an overdose.

The data showed 91 percent of patients continued to be prescribed opioids after the nonfatal overdose.

Substance use disorders of highly addictive opioids like heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone continue to skyrocket in the U.S. Intravenous opioid use disorders are a major contributor to the drug overdoses that are the leading cause of injury death in the United States, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

The number of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions for opioid overdoses doubled between 2004 and 2015, despite continuing efforts to curb misuse of the addictive painkillers among adults, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine published in the journal Pediatrics.

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).