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Many EMS systems are evaluating ways to mitigate the risks of refusal in post naloxone patients
A Suboxone dose on scene would be followed up by telehealth visits from providers
Campus nurses will receive training on administering the opioid overdose treatment
“This is black, necrotic tissue destruction,” said UCLA researcher Joseph Friedman
The state plans to address the drug crisis by boosting law enforcement, treatment opportunities, and education and prevention programs
Staffers have been trained in administering the nasal spray, and the program is set to expand citywide
The money will go to abatement programs, including a state trust fund that will award grants to help deal with opioid use treatment and recovery
Robert Califf layed out a framework for combating drug addiction and overdoses
Christopher Pattinson is said to have stolen from Denver Health over three years
According to the suit, William Miller died on a stretcher at Yale New Haven Hospital after ingesting a substance he believed was laced with fentanyl in 2021
RAND Corp. research indicates that the cost puts the antidote out of reach for some with opioid use disorder
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in his ruling that the money will be used to fight the opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties
Overdose treatment for Xylazine, also known as Tranq, includes administering naloxone and performing rescue breathing
In all of 2021, Gadsden County had just 10 overdoses. “It’s shaken the entire community,” said Sheriff Morris Young
The companies blamed doctors and federal agents; county plaintiffs had sought more than $2.5 billion to go toward abatement efforts
Candice Mangan has been charged with tampering with a consumer product
East Ridge police said they saw James Robert Bennett assault a man who was overdosing on opioids; Bennett says it was a painful stimuli test
The provisional 2021 total marked a 15% increase from the previous record, which was set in 2020
Illicit fentanyl is the biggest driver of the recent rise in U.S. overdose deaths, according to the CDC
The pharmacy chain is the 12th defendant to settle with the state, which will use the funds to address addiction and overdoses
States including Arizona, Nevada, Maine, Maryland, Wisconsin and North Carolina have removed fentanyl test strips from prohibited lists
The settlement money will go to developing programs to help fight addiction
The settlement includes an $84 million donation of Narcan to the state of Florida
The County has set up free vending machines for people exiting jails and sent medical teams out with naloxone on their rounds at encampments
The objections may jeopardize the deal in which Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers will pay states and territories up to $6 billion to settle claims related to opioids
If a judge approves the deal, the Sackler family could be liable for up to $6 billion
State and local governments may put it toward public education, training treatment providers, detox facilities and needle exchanges
With the publication of the proposed changes, a public comment period begins, and experts have mixed responses
Teva Pharmaceuticals was the only manufacturing defendant left in the lawsuit after other parties settled
In prehospital settings, naloxone is widely available, and buprenorphine has been approved for few EMS providers
Randolph County Sheriff’s Office detectives use the online tool to track trends in overdose types, deaths and Narcan use
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