MORE: New York drug overdose deaths spiked by 68% during COVID pandemic A record number of Americans have died from drug overdoses. In 2022, there were nearly 108,000 drug overdose deaths, according toprovisional datafrom the CDC. In Texas, drug poisoning-related deaths for 2022 sit...
A Waite Park man wanted in connection to a 2022 fatal drug overdose has been found and booked into the Stearns County Jail.
BUDA, Texas -- Bandages, ice packs, aspirin and epinephrine have long been staples of nurse Dawn Baker's public high school medical clinic in Texas. Now, she also stocksNaloxoneto treat drug overdoses -- keeping a supply by the door in case she needs to save a life in an instant...
Find the best alcohol and drug rehab centers in TEXAS. Or speak with a specialist to find treatment programs unique to your needs. 866-720-3784
It's no secret how bad the opioid problem has become not just in Texas, but across the world. People have been using them for decades, centuries even, but things have become so dangerous with them over the last 5-10 years because of the introduction of fentanyl as a popular drug. ...
Nitazenes were first developed in the 1950s and early 1960s, said Claire Zagorski, a chemist, paramedic and translational scientist in Austin, Texas. At the time, they weren't illicit drugs, but were intended to be sold commercially. That never happened, Zagorski said, and in recent...
…British Columbia suffered at least 2,511 overdose deaths in 2023, a record. More than 750 people died of an overdose in the first four months of this year. None of this is a surprise. I’ve always acknowledged that legalization leads to social harm. That being said, the societal harm...
This case demonstrates the challenges and considerations in diagnosis and management of large mixed drug overdoses where multiple toxidromes overlap.doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-215554Paige ZhangEmily AustinMargaret ThompsonSteve LinBMJ Case Reports
Cancer drug addiction is a paradoxical resistance phenomenon, well-described in MEK-ERK-driven solid tumors, in which drug-target overexpression promotes resistance but a toxic overdose of signaling if the inhibitor is withdrawn. This can permit prolonged control of tumors through intermittent dosing. ...
principal deputy director of the CDCin a press briefing, show that naloxone distribution has improved, but that more needs to be done. “We must do a better job of getting naloxone in the hands of the people who really need it—and those likely to be nearby when an overdose occurs,” sh...