Pharmacology
The pharmacology topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and feature articles about the science of drug action on biological systems.
What does the latest study mean for prehospital use of TXA?
Wolfberg and Wirth on how to avoid legal pitfalls
Knowing how xylazine presents clinically, as well as how it impacts overdose management is important for any provider responding to illicit drug overdoses
A census sheet of the body count shows 24 days in May when more than 20 bodies were stored at the morgue
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley sued three top U.S. opioid drugmakers for consumer fraud
This vicious cycle experienced by many addicts has added a new facet to Ohio’s grim war against opioid abuse: compassion fatigue
Adam Shay was the first of 19 drug overdose victims to donate organs in Ohio in 2014
Regan Nichols is accused of prescribing controlled dangerous substances to patients without a legitimate medical need
The bills would limit the amount of opioids that can be prescribed and require a “bona fide” physician-patient relationship to dispense drugs
The city is on track to spend $100,000 on naloxone in 2017, despite a budget of $10,000
Using medical training he learned at summer camp, the eighth-grader took an EpiPen and injected it into his friend’s leg
Only 27 percent were given buprenorphine or naltrexone during 2001 to 2014, years when addiction was soaring
The city is running low on naloxone due to an increase in overdoses; officials said they need funding for more supplies
Users who inject it are in danger of overdose, but so are paramedics who inhale it or get it on their skin
In China, U-47700 has until now been a legal alternative to fentanyl and potent derivatives like carfentanil
Officials said opioids are the main cause behind the jump in fatalities
Symjepi is a spring-loaded syringe filled with a set dose that comes with a training device
While narcotics can bring short-term pain relief, they’re often misprescribed
Authorities said the drugs are “extremely scary” and are made solely for the illicit market
Officials said the gloves may allow absorption into the person’s tissue, turning the responder into a victim
The drug has already killed several and hospitalized dozens
The current plan is to update training to make sure that first responders are aware of the risks posed by contact with fentanyl
Police said the man, who was involved in a car crash, had overdosed; he was arrested and charged with third-degree assault
A neighbor called 911 and she and others cared for the children as paramedics arrived to revive the couple
It’s the first time the FDA has asked a drugmaker to remove an opioid painkiller from the market
Several people told doctors and nurses that they became ill after swallowing yellow pills
Paramedics gave the child one dose of naloxone and he received another at a hospital
Heroin is costing taxpayers millions of dollars annually
The boy’s mother ran away shortly after the incident
Out of nearly 40,000 patients given powerful pain drugs, only four addictions were documented
The firefighter allegedly replaced various prescription drugs with saline
Medication-assisted treatment helps by moving a patient from powerful painkillers to a regular dose of a legal opioid-based medication
A DEA special agent said that acrylfentanyl has shown some possibility of being resistant to naloxone
