Pharmacology
The pharmacology topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and feature articles about the science of drug action on biological systems.
Learn how the Philadelphia Fire Department redefined service delivery, funding and success
Is your agency in compliance with requirements? How can you protect yourself and your staff from the fallout of drug diversion?
The program aims for nurses to work alongside police officers to assist individuals struggling with substance use disorders and mental health
Medication mistakes are usually due to multiple causal factors but are considered preventable incidents
EMS providers who can look beyond ketamine’s perception as a street or veterinary drug will find it is uniquely positioned to treat sepsis
The Fayette County Health Department distributed 925 doses from September to April, when the money ran out from a grant they had received to purchase the drug
Over the last year, ACMT and AACT developed the document to satisfy responder requests for fact-based opioid response safety guidance
The president said that the nation’s addiction to opioids is “a serious problem, the likes of which we have never had”
The state alleges that Purdue Pharma has downplayed the drug’s risk of addiction, overstated its effectiveness and failed to report suspicious prescribers
The EMS providers were transporting a patient when the driver became ill and had to be given naloxone
The president did not announce any new policy, but vowed to work with health professionals and law enforcement on the crisis
A cross-agency collaboration in Lowell, Mass., uses an overdose data-driven approach to improve performance and save lives
Learn how the test strips work, how much they cost and get some resources for establishing a fentanyl test strips program targeting overdose reductions
Police caught Brenden Ivie, 21, with an IV catheter port attached to his arm during a sting operation
Some say the new report could have an impact on efforts to establish safe injection sites around the U.S.
The Start Talking Maryland Act requires schools to offer drug education that includes the dangers of heroin and other opioids starting as early as third grade
“I am surprised that many of the recommendations are actually being followed here in California,” treatment center director Marjeanne Stone said
Artist Kathryn Pannepacke invites people from the front lines of Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic into her store for food and craft projects
“Narcan is more of a Band-Aid, it doesn’t really fix anything,” Madison County EMS Director Carlos Coyle said
The commission, led by Chris Christie, was created in March and charged with studying ways to combat and treat drug abuse, addiction and the opioid crisis
Fire Chief Brian Moriarty said he thinks firefighters need standards and protocols to follow when they handle overdoses that may involve highly toxic substances
Across Ohio, prescriptions for opioids decreased by at least 10 percent in all but 13 of 88 counties
The Cook County Jail has trained about 900 inmates how to use naloxone and has distributed 400 of them to at-risk men and women as they got out
Officers said Eric Roman was unconscious in the driver’s seat while his 7-year-old daughter sat on his lap to try and steer the car to safety
The man can be seen in footage shouting at residents while he is bleeding profusely from his groin area before charging at a female officer
The infant was unresponsive, and preliminary reports from toxicology tests show that he had methamphetamine and fentanyl in his system
Earlier this month, the Houston Police Department said they would stop performing roadside tests of substances believed to be illicit drugs
Next month, the Portland City Council will be briefed by the city attorney and discuss a potential lawsuit against companies that produce and distribute opioids
The legislation will help officials target physicians who might be illicitly prescribing powerful prescription medications
Vince Loyd was charged with delivery and possession of a controlled substance as well as endangerment of a child
Assistant State Attorney Alan Johnson “suggested that they have a cut off” for patients who overdose multiple times
“It is the youngest suspected OD we’ve had in the city ever,” Christopher Hickey of Manchester Fire Department said
James Whitham said he was being treated for gastrointestinal pain, but was given a form of fentanyl only approved for cancer patients