Opioids in the United States Kill More Than Road Crashes
© Getty imagesA new report captures the scale of the opioid crisis in the USA. The National Security Council analyzed ...
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Marijuana does nothing for opioid addiction
Many opioid dependent patients in a drug treatment clinic use marijuana to help manage their pain and mood symptoms. A ...
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Opioid withdrawal: buprenorphine and naltrexone are equivalent
Opioid addiction is becoming more and more common, especially in the United States. Between buprenorphine and naltrexone, which molecule to ...
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United States: overdoses lowered life expectancy
Overdoses related to drug use, chiefly opioids, have reduced life expectancy by three months since 2015.Not long ago, life expectancy ...
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Overdoses: Seven Lives Saved With Naloxone Spray
The opioid overdose antidote in the form of a nasal spray has saved seven people since its release in July ...
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Opioid overdoses: Trump ordered to declare state of emergency
The White House Commission on the Opioid Crisis in the United States calls on the President to treat the epidemic ...
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UN: the global drug market is thriving
The United Nations World Drug Report shows that the opium and coca markets flourished in 2015.Global production of opium and ...
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Opioids: five laboratories prosecuted for reducing side effects
The State of Ohio files a complaint against five pharmaceutical companies accused of playing a major role in the crisis ...
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Canada: warnings on opioid boxes
Opioid overdose deaths are skyrocketing in Canada. The government wants to put warning stickers on medicine boxes.The opioid crisis is ...
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Drugs: “Getting risk reduction accepted has been a long journey”
Opioid substitution treatments arrived in France 20 years ago. The opportunity for the former Minister of Health, Bernard Kouchner, to ...
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Overdoses: access to Naloxone is widened
Nalscue, an antidote to opioid overdoses, can be distributed in all addiction care centers.Finally, access to Nalscue will be less ...
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Naloxone: the long journey of the antidote to overdoses
The antidote to opioid overdoses has obtained temporary authorization for use, which allows programs to be launched among users. This ...
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Opioid overdoses: a spray antidote authorized in France
Antidote to overdoses, Naloxone is now authorized in the form of a nasal spray in France. Access for users will ...
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Acetylfentanyl: a new drug responsible for 32 overdoses
A report warns of the presence of a new synthetic product made from Fentanyl, and responsible for 32 overdose deaths ...
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Analgesics: opioids prolong some pain
If they provide short-term relief, pain relievers from the opioid family like morphine could cause inflammation of the spinal cord.Strong ...
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Fentanyl: wave of overdoses worries the United States
After the death of around 40 people, the US drug agency warns of a new drug-drug cocktail in which Fentanyl ...
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Drugs: record number of overdoses in the United States
The number of overdoses in the United States peaked in 2014. The authorities are worried and want to stem the ...
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Natural opioids for chronic pain?
© ThinkstockCould a new pain treatment come from the patient himself? This is the question posed by medical scientists at ...
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Genetically modified yeasts produce an opiate
From sugar, genetically modified yeasts are able to produce an opiate. According to the researchers, this is the most complex ...
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Hurt your pet to get opioids
© GettyImagesAccording to Center for Disease Prevention and Control, more than 115 Americans die every day from opioid overdose. Veterinarians ...
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Medicinal cannabis: no more risk of addiction
According to an American study, patients who receive medical cannabis in addition to opioids for pain relief are not at ...
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Children and adolescents in the United States, forgotten victims of opioids
© Getty imagesThe opioid crisisin the United States finds a new worrying illustration: overdoses do not spare the younger generations. ...
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Low back pain, headaches: opioids do more harm than good
Opioids are not always helpful in treating fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain, or chronic headaches. A forum rises against the ...
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An antidote to opioids in free distribution in Quebec
November 10, 2017 The government of Quebec has just announced that an antidote to Fentanyl would be made available to ...
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