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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), overdose deaths from fentanyl increased, especially when mixed with other opioids, benzodiazepines, cocaine or methamphetamine.

To commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day, Renz Addiction Counseling Center in Elgin is inviting community residents who have lost a family member or friend to a drug overdose to a candlelight vigil in their honor on Aug.

2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In 2017, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths was higher in urban than rural counties, according to an August data brief published by the U.S.

will present Merrimack Valley Overdose Awareness Day - taking place at Sampas Pavilion, DCR - Heritage Park, 160 Pawtucket Blvd., Lowell, MA on August 31, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

Opioid overdose caused the acute respiratory depression in both cases.

* Nearly half of workplace overdose deaths occurred in three industries: transportation and warehousing, construction, and healthcare and social assistance.

7 May 2019 - Australian digital commerce accelerator Overdose Digital has acquired UK-based e-commerce consultancy 5xThinking, the company said.

[USA], Apr 21 (ANI): A study has claimed that patients who were prescribed opioid pain medications but kept changing the dosage over time were prone three times more to overdose than those taking a stable opioid medication.

Substance use and misuse can result in negative short- and long-run health effects as well as overdose. (1) Timely emergency medical response can play a critical role in preventing overdose from ending in death.

The number of drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl increased from 1,663 in 2011 to 18,335 in 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report released Thursday, presstv reported.

PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS have adjusted their behaviors to avoid overdose, relates a study by the Center for Drug Use and HTV/HCV Research at New York University College of Nursing and NYU College of Global Public Health.

NEW FEDERAL STATISTICS suggest that the opioid epidemic in the United States is evolving as physicians crack down on the use of prescription painkillers: Fatal drug overdose deaths rose by 12% from 2016 to 2017, boosted by a wave of fatalities linked to illicit synthetic opioids like fentanyl that are now linked to an estimated 60% of opioid-related deaths.