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All articles tagged: Poisoning by other drugs, medicaments and biological substances, accidental (unintentional) (T50.991)

HealthDay 15 November at 11.02 PM

Opioid Rx Down, but Overdoses and Deaths Up, AMA Report Shows

Opioid prescribing by physicians and other health professionals has decreased for the 13th consecutive year, down nearly 50 percent since 2012, while overdoses and deaths related to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, xylazine, and other synthetic substances continue to increase, according to the Overdose Epidemic Report 2023, released by

HealthDay 07 November at 11.28 PM

Incidence of Drug Overdose-Related Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Up Fivefold

The incidence of drug overdose-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OD-OHCA) more than doubled from 2015 to 2021, according to a study published online Nov. 7 in JAMA Network Open.Vidhushei Yogeswaran, M.D., from University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues evaluated the temporal pattern, clinical presentation, care, and