Opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: the kind face offers pain relief to millions of sufferers, while the grim visage drives a crisis of opioid abuse and overdose that has claimed nearly 70,000 lives across the United States United only in 2020 . One possible path to achieving … Read more
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If you are giving naloxone (Narcan) to a patient who is experiencing an apparent opioid overdose and it doesn’t seem to be working, should you give more? Not necessarily, according to Kelly Ramsey, MD, MPH, chief of medical services at the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports in Albany. Adding a second … Read more
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) Facebook conversations led police to charge a couple over a fatal overdose by a Huntingdon County man. Tyler Fix, 33, and Victoria Corle, 37, both of Bedford, are behind bars for drug delivery offenses resulting in a death charge for allegedly delivering drugs to 31-year-old Dalton Price leading to his death. … Read more
