Naloxone prescriptions from US retail pharmacies increased substantially from 2012 to 2018
Did naloxone access improve? Pharmacy prescriptions more than doubled in one year.
An observational report of naloxone dispensing trends in US retail pharmacies found the number of prescriptions increased substantially from…
Naloxone prescriptions at U.S. retail pharmacies more than doubled from 2017 to 2018, showing a major jump in access to this life-saving ove…
Report estimates state-level economic costs of opioid use disorder and fatal overdose
Report estimates state-level economic costs of opioid use disorder and overdose
A report estimated state-level economic costs of opioid use disorder and fatal opioid overdose in the United States. Specific numerical find…
A new report estimates the economic costs of opioid use disorder and fatal overdoses for every state in the United States in 2017.
Report describes overdose education and naloxone distribution programs in U.S. syringe service programs
How do syringe programs teach people to stop overdoses?
A report describes overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs within syringe service programs in the United States. No spe…
A new report looks at how syringe service programs across the U.S. teach people about overdose risks and hand out the life-saving drug nalox…
Analysis examines synthetic opioid and stimulant co-involved overdose deaths by occupations and industries
Analysis looks at overdose deaths involving both opioids and stimulants across different jobs
An observational report analyzed synthetic opioid and stimulant co-involved overdose deaths across occupations and industries in the United …
A new analysis examines how different jobs and industries might connect to overdose deaths involving both synthetic opioids and stimulants.
Pennsylvania report examines controlled substance prescribing patterns before fatal overdoses
What prescriptions did people have before dying from an overdose in Pennsylvania?
An observational report from Pennsylvania analyzed controlled substance prescribing patterns preceding fatal overdoses involving opioids, st…
A new Pennsylvania report maps the controlled substance prescriptions people received before dying from an overdose involving opioids or sti…
Nitazene-related deaths reported in Tennessee field notes
Health officials report nitazene-related overdose deaths in Tennessee
Field notes from Tennessee report nitazene-related deaths. The study type, population, and specific results were not reported. Clinicians sh…
Tennessee health officials warn that nitazenes, powerful synthetic opioids sometimes mixed with other drugs, are linked to recent overdose d…
Case series identifies 38 medetomidine-involved opioid overdoses in Chicago
Chicago health officials identify overdoses involving veterinary sedative mixed with opioids
A case series in Chicago identified 38 individuals with medetomidine-involved opioid overdoses (12 confirmed, 26 probable). This descriptive…
Chicago officials warn that a veterinary sedative is now mixed with opioids in street drugs, causing 38 overdoses in the city.
Lifetime opioid overdose reported by 55% of pregnant individuals with OUD in buprenorphine treatment study
What puts pregnant women with opioid addiction at highest risk for overdose?
A descriptive analysis of baseline data from a multisite RCT of 140 pregnant individuals with OUD receiving buprenorphine found 55% reported…
Pregnant women in opioid treatment face high overdose risk if they have used heroin, experienced trauma, or rely on others for money.