Opioid overdoses in France: an antidote still deemed too difficult to access
According to the France Patients Experts Addictions Association (FPEA) and several experts, kits delivering naloxone to save the lives of ...
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Opioid crisis: a device to detect overdoses
American researchers are in the process of developing a device capable of detecting overdoses and automatically delivering a drug, giving ...
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United States: multiplication of cases of overdose with insecticidal bombs
In West Virginia, authorities are warning of a particularly risky new practice called "wasping," which involves inhaling an aerosol insecticide ...
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Opioid crisis: the American manufacturer Insys will pay 225 million dollars
Suspected of having paid bribes to doctors to encourage them to prescribe its powerful opioid fentanyl, the American laboratory Insys ...
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Cannabis: Colorado assesses the impact of legalization on health
In the United States, the State of Colorado has evaluated its legalization of therapeutic or recreational cannabis, and the results ...
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Opioids: varying dosages increases the risk of overdose
Whatever the dosage of opioids, changing the doses during the treatment multiplies by 3 the risk of overdoses. 200 people ...
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Opioids: new US guidelines penalize patients who have no other alternative
The new guidelines put in place in the United States to combat opioid addiction penalize patients who really need it ...
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Painkillers: 200 people die every day of an overdose in the United States
Opioids, derivatives of morphine, are wreaking havoc in the United States: every day, 200 people die from overdoses, collapsing in ...
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Cervical cancer, painkiller overdose and therapeutic cannabis Cervical cancer: vaccination and screening can eradicate the disease Therapeutic cannabis tested for the first time in Marseille
Nearly 200 Americans die every day from an overdose of painkillers, cancer of the cervix could be eradicated by the ...
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United States: parents still favor opioids to treat their children
Two-thirds of American parents believe that opioids are more effective in treating their children than other treatments. The opioid crisis ...
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A new app capable of detecting opioid overdoses
As opioid addiction takes its toll, a new app lets consumers' smartphones detect an overdose. Researchers have just developed an ...
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United States: a laboratory takes advantage of the rise in opioid overdoses to increase its prices
While the United States is going through an unprecedented addiction crisis, the price of a drug intended to save an ...
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Fentanyl: the number of overdose deaths has doubled in the United States
In 2016, 64,000 people died in the United States after taking drugs. a third is related to fentanyl.The number of ...
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Death of Naomi Musenga: Paracetamol, a common and sometimes hidden drug
The death of Naomi Musenga, as a result of paracetamol poisoning, last December, is a reminder that overdose of this ...
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The longer the opioid prescriptions last after an operation, the greater the risk of addiction.
A study shows the link between the prescription of opioids after an operation and the risk of dependence. The longer ...
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Tom Petty, victim of Fentanyl, the drug that kills more than heroin in the United States
History will remember the death of Tom Petty as due to an overdose. The logical continuation of a Rock Star ...
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Cocaine is responsible for more and more overdoses
While opioids and alcohol kill many people, cocaine remains an old enemy of drug professionals. They regret less attention from ...
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Dépakine: a baby nears death from an overdose
Treated by the Marseille hospital, a 20-month-old baby received more than 6 times the dose of his medicine, according 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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Paracetamol: Europe recommends withdrawal of prolonged-release formula
Due to a risk of overdose, the European agency recommends the withdrawal from the market of specialties based on paracetamol ...
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Cocaine: more and more severe intoxications
Poisoning linked to cocaine consumption is more and more frequent and serious, according to the ANSM. Stronger products that are ...
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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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Overdoses: Nalscue obtains marketing authorization
The ANSM has granted Marketing Authorization for the antidote to opioid overdoses. After a winding journey, the drug will finally ...
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Drugs: increase in fatal overdoses in Europe
Nearly 8,500 drug-related deaths were counted in 2015, an increase of 6%, according to the EMCDDA, which is alarmed by ...
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Baclofen: a high risk of severe poisoning
In a study conducted in the west of France, researchers highlight a significant risk of serious intoxication and alert prescribers.Gradually, ...
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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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Canada: Fentanyl overdoses explode
Faced with the wave of deaths linked to Fentanyl overdoses, federal authorities have announced new measures.The Fentanyl overdose epidemic has ...
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Epilepsy: ANSM alert on the misuse of Prodilantin
The ANSM warns against a potentially fatal misuse of Prodilantin, especially in children under five years old.Be careful with the ...
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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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