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2. Do you know the signs of an opioid overdose? Here’s how to ...

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   As opioid overdoses rise in Whatcom County, here’s a list of how to recognize overdose symptoms, what to do if someone is overdosing. As opioid overdoses rise in Whatcom County, here’s a list ...

3. Opioid overdose - Wikipedia

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   Opiate overdose symptoms and signs can be referred to as the "opioid toxidrome triad": decreased level of consciousness, pinpoint pupils and respiratory depression. Other symptoms include seizures and muscle spasms. Sometimes an opiate overdose can lead to such a decreased level of consciousness such that the person will not wake up.

4. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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   Clinics that dispensed painkillers proliferated with only the loosest of safeguards, until a recent coordinated federal-state crackdown crushed many of the so-called “pill mills.” As the opioid pain meds became scarce, a cheaper opioid began to take over the market — heroin. Frieden said three quarters of heroin users started with pills.

5. U.S. opioid crisis: 'A lot needs to be done' in 3 key areas - AOL

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   There’s no easy answer for how to solve the opioid crisis that has cost the U.S. over $37 billion since 2000.

6. Drug overdose - Wikipedia

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   The symptoms can often be divided into differing toxidromes. This can help one determine what class of drug or toxin is causing the difficulties. Symptoms of opioid overdoses include slow breathing, heart rate and pulse. [6] Opioid overdoses can also cause pinpoint pupils, and blue lips and nails due to low levels of oxygen in the blood.

7. Opioid use disorder - Wikipedia

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   Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a substance use disorder characterized by cravings for opioids, continued use despite physical and/or psychological deterioration, increased tolerance with use, and withdrawal symptoms after discontinuing opioids. Opioid withdrawal symptoms include nausea, muscle aches, diarrhea, trouble sleeping, agitation, and a ...

8. More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction ... - AOL

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   And it can trigger withdrawal symptoms, especially in people who've been using fentanyl, the powerful opioid now dominating the drug supply. The researchers used a database that captures 92% of ...

9. Opioid epidemic - Wikipedia

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   The opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic consequences of the medical ...