Opioid poisoning deaths among children and teens are on the rise. This urges public health officials, lawmakers, clinicians, and parents to implement protective measures to tackle the growing epidemic.
What Is The Best Treatment For Opioid Addiction?
New national guideline sets out best practices for treating opioid addiction. This guideline strongly recommends opioid agonist treatment with buprenorphine–naloxone as the preferred first-line treatment when possible.
New national guideline sets out best practices for treating opioid addiction. This guideline strongly recommends opioid agonist treatment with buprenorphine–naloxone as the preferred first-line treatment when possible.
‘The death rates of children and teenagers from opioid poisoning are on the rise, reveals a new study. This urges public health officials, lawmakers, clinicians, and parents to implement protective measures to tackle the growing epidemic.’
The death rate almost tripled over that time to nearly 1 per 100,000 based on the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prescription opioids were implicated in 73 percent of the deaths (6,561), and most of the deaths were unintentional (nearly 81 percent).
The majority of deaths were among non-Hispanic white males but over time non-Hispanic black children accounted for a larger proportion of the deaths.
Difficulty in Breathing may Result from Opioid Addiction Medications
Obese patients may have breathing problems after taking buprenorphine, a drug used in the treatment of opioid addiction finds a new study.
Obese patients may have breathing problems after taking buprenorphine, a drug used in the treatment of opioid addiction finds a new study.
The study relied on data from death certificates, so the potential for misclassification of cause and manner of death exists. Researchers urge lawmakers, public health officials, clinicians and parents to implement protective measures to address the growing public health problem.
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Opioid Prescriptions from Dentists Linked to Youth Addiction Risk
Teens and young adults who receive their initial opioid prescriptions from their dentists or oral surgeons are at increased risk for opioid addiction in the following year.
Teens and young adults who receive their initial opioid prescriptions from their dentists or oral surgeons are at increased risk for opioid addiction in the following year.
Vaccine to Address Synthetic Opioid Epidemic
Vaccine containing certain monoclonal antibodies can fight opioid addiction and decrease the overdose deaths caused by the synthetic opioids like fentanyls
Vaccine containing certain monoclonal antibodies can fight opioid addiction and decrease the overdose deaths caused by the synthetic opioids like fentanyls
