In case of accidental
overdose call a doctor or poison control center immediately.
Not exact matches
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.
Examples I personally can document: a plague of deadly bacteria in the newborn nursery killing 3 previously healthy newborns, exploding the fetal lungs with too forceful dose of oxygen after birth by inexperienced
doctor, crushing the skull during forceps extraction,
overdose of adrenalin to newborn by a nurse, slow paging or slow response to
call to resuscitate newborn, exploding the uterus (uterine rupture) and / or placental abruption as a result of high IV dose of oxytocin in labor in a low risk women.
With
overdose deaths from opiods setting a record in New York City last year, the health commissioner is
calling on
doctors to help solve the problem by prescribing fewer painkillers.
U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last year proposed a response,
calling for a program to change
doctors» opioid prescribing practices, to expand the use of naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid
overdoses, and increase patient access to medication assisted treatments for opioid use disorders.
Keep this product out of reach of children, in case of accidental
overdose,
call doctor or poison control center immediately.