Opioidoverdose deathshave now slowed to the lowest levels nationwide since 2020, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This marks the 12th straight month ofdeclinesince a peak last year. Around 70,655 deaths linked to opioids like heroin andfentanylwere re...
Opioid prescribing by physicians and other health professionals has decreased for the 13th consecutive year, down nearly 50% since 2012, while overdoses and deaths related to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, xylazine, and other synthetic substances conti
The article reports on the increased number of overdose deaths associated with opioid analgesics as indicated in the National Vital Statistics System Mortality File, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in September 30, 2009 in the U.S. The CDC report shows that ...
NEW YORK -- A startling figure released from New York state on Tuesday shows opioid overdose deaths are up across the state, along with non-fatal overdoses. It's a problem that's leaving parents grieving and doctors pushing for change. Rich Pagano describes his son Nic as a young man ...
Noting the contrast between reported overdose deaths and predicted overdose deaths, “predicted” meaning adjusted in an attempt to compensate for under-reported deaths, the CDC noted a 2.5% decrease in reported overdose deaths compared to the previous year, and a 0.9% decrease in predicted overdose...
Massachusetts experienced a 10% drop in opioid-related overdose deaths from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year decline over the past two decades and a trend that is expected to continue based on early data from 2024, according to a report released Jun
There were 500,000 overdoses from prescription and street opioids in the United States between 1999 and 2019, federal data show. Opioid overdose deaths reached a record high in 2020, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More information Visit the National Institute...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has created a number of resources for emergency rooms on treating the high number of opioid overdoses coming through the doors. The recommendations may not be a silver bullet for reducing the number of deaths within the first year. Still, they are...
Deaths from opioid overdoses are especially prevalent in 4 US statesMichal Kranz
That was not the first time natural opioid overdose deaths have topped homicides; in fact, the pattern has occurred in the state every year since 2011. But it shows how the opioid overdose epidemic — while not as bad in Coloradoas in other parts of the country— is remaking the measures...