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High Rates of Hep C Seen for Patients Presenting to ED With Opioid Overdose
Patients presenting to emergency departments with opioid overdose have high rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, ...
Sister of homeless man who died outside of city resource center is still searching for answers almost a year later: ‘No one should have died like he did’
Before they lost contact, Ellie Dyckman relied on her younger brother Joey. He helped her cope with her divorce, taught her ...
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Fatal Opioid-Meth Overdoses Have Fallen in U.S. by More Than a Third
Fatal Opioid-Meth Overdoses Have Fallen in U.S. by More Than a Third By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Expanded access to addiction treatment and the ...
The Bismarck Tribune12h
First-aid guidelines expanded to include opioid overdoses, seizures, other emergencies
First-aid guidelines for bystanders and emergency responders have long focused on issues like chest pain, bleeding and ...
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Implant Might Prevent Opioid Overdose
THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Naloxone can save a person’s life by reversing a potentially fatal opioid overdose, and is now available as an over-the-counter medication.
CBS News28d
Weight loss drugs could help with alcohol and opioid addiction, new study shows
In the study, published Thursday in the scientific journal Addiction, researchers found people with opioid or alcohol use disorder who take Ozempic or similar medications appear to have a 40% ...
Minnesota Daily3d
Minneapolis receives funding for opioid response
As opioid overdoses in Hennepin County continue to rise, Minneapolis is increasing funding to keep up with a worsening opioid epidemic. Minneapolis started receiving nearly $11 million in settlement ...
Popular Science29d
Could Ozempic and similar drugs be used to treat substance use disorders?
The researchers identified records of people with diagnosed SUDs—specifically opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD)—who also happened to be taking a GLP-1 RA for diabetes or ...
The Bismarck Tribune16d
North Dakota to get $12M over 3 years for overdose prevention
North Dakota is set to get $12 million over the next three years to support the treatment of opioid use disorder and ...
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Kroger finalizes $1.37 billion settlement for selling opioids improperly
Kroger has finalized its $1.37 billion settlement over its role in the opioid crisis, the company and state attorneys general said Monday. The agreement will settle most of claims made by states ...
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How to make sure opioid settlement money isn’t wasted
Marshall is a professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. The opioid and overdose crisis is a national tragedy, claiming more than 1 million lives since 1999.
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Ozempic could help with opioid and alcohol abuse, new research shows
A study from Loyola University Chicago published Thursday in the academic journal Addiction used the medical records of more than 8,000 patients who both had a history of opioid-use disorder and ...