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The number of overdose deaths attributable to illegally manufactured fentanyl laced with xylazine has skyrocketed in recent years, according to data in CDC’s MMWR.Xylazine — a powerful animal tranquilizer also known as “tranq” — is not approved for human use and has no known antidote, Mbabazi Kariisa, PhD, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education fellow at the
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Mashup Score: 8Use and Nonuse of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder During Incarceration and at Release - 12 month(s) ago
This economic evaluation estimates the cost-effectiveness and overdose mortality rates associated with a Massachusetts policy requiring that all incarcerated individuals be screened for opioid use disorder (OUD) and offered all US Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for OUD treatment.
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This cross-sectional study assesses whether buprenorphine-involved overdose deaths changed after implementing more flexible prescription policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights characteristics and circumstances of these deaths
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This cross-sectional study assesses whether buprenorphine-involved overdose deaths changed after implementing more flexible prescription policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights characteristics and circumstances of these deaths
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Mashup Score: 9Researchers use artificial intelligence tools to speed critical information on drug overdose deaths - 2 year(s) ago
An automated process based on computer algorithms that can read text from medical examiners’ death certificates can substantially speed up data collection of overdose deaths—which in turn can ensure a more rapid public health response time than the system currently used, new UCLA research finds.
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Mashup Score: 1As overdose deaths exploded during the pandemic, racial disparities widened, CDC report shows - 2 year(s) ago
As U.S. overdose deaths soared in 2020, racial disparities widened sharply, new CDC data show.
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As overdose deaths exploded during the pandemic, racial disparities widened, CDC report shows https://t.co/UB2qJJbdtq via @statnews
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The rate of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts reached an all-time high last year, officials announced Wednesday.
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In 2020, Black individuals had the largest increase in overdose mortality rates for the first time compared with any other ethnic or racial group since 1999, according to a research letter published in in JAMA Psychiatry. American Indian or Alaska Natives experienced the highest rate of overdose deaths in 2020 among all racial groups, Joseph R. Friedman, MPH, and Helena Hansen, MD, PhD, of the
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Mashup Score: 3Two powerful drugs now adding to US overdose crisis - 2 year(s) ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America’s drug overdose crisis. Para-fluorofentanyl and metonitazene are being seen more often by medical examiners looking into overdose deaths, according to a government report published Thursday.
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Mashup Score: 2Methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths nearly tripled between 2015 to 2019, NIH study finds | National Institute on Drug Abuse - 2 year(s) ago
Patterns of methamphetamine use have become riskier, diversified across U.S. population
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#OverdoseDeaths from #Fentanyl laced w/ #Xylazine jumped 276% in just 3 years https://t.co/MCuJRT9FwF @GoHealio