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Opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) or opioid-induced abnormal pain sensitivity, also called paradoxical hyperalgesia, is an uncommon condition of generalized pain caused by the long-term use of high dosages of opioids [1] such as morphine, [2] oxycodone, [3] and methadone.
Initial treatment of an overdose involves supporting the person's breathing and providing oxygen to reduce the risk of hypoxia. [10] Naloxone is then recommended to those who cannot reverse the opioid's effects through breathing. [10] [3] Giving naloxone via nasal administration or as an injection into a muscle has shown to be equally effective ...
Apixaban is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and at least one of the following risk factors: prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, age 75 years or older, diabetes, or symptomatic heart failure.
Oct. 21—As the number of opioid overdose deaths continues to surge across the United States, some experts stress the urgency of providing the addiction treatment medication buprenorphine to drug ...
3 waves of opioid overdose deaths. US timeline. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe the U.S. opioid epidemic as having arrived in three waves. [7] However, recent research indicates that since 2016, the United States has been experiencing the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic.
The hope is that it will trigger a rush of clinical trial testing for drug treatments for stimulant use disorder, aiming to fill a major gap in the response to the overdose crisis in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A Southern California doctor was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Friday for over-prescribing drugs that caused the fatal overdose of three patients in a ...
What addicts face is a revolving door, an ongoing cycle of waiting for treatment, getting treatment, dropping out, relapsing and then waiting and returning for more. Like so many others, Tabatha Roland, the 24-year-old addict from Burlington, wanted to get sober but felt she had hit a wall with treatment. “I hate my life so much..