overdose
DEA Releases Telehealth Prescribing Rules For Controlled Substances, Buprenorphine
On January 15, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s long-awaited rules on telehealth prescribing of ...
MARCH 9, 2025
As Opioid Deaths Fall, CDC Drills Down on Causes
Death from drug overdose is trending lower nationally for the first time in more than five years, according to the ...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Personal Overdose Loss Takes Heavy Toll on U.S., Drives Addiction Advocacy
Almost one-third of adults in the United States reported knowing someone who died of a drug overdose, in a new ...
JUNE 25, 2024
Study of Parent Overdose Deaths Highlights Familial Impact of Opioid Crisis
An estimated 321,566 children in the United States lost a parent to a drug overdose from 2011 to 2021.
MAY 28, 2024
Telehealth Supports Retention in Treatment for OUD
The “Helping to End Addiction Long-term” Initiative found that starting buprenorphine treatment along ...
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Investigational Analgesics Take New Approach To Opioid Deterrence
As America remains gripped by the opioid crisis, with 106,000 opioid-related deaths in 2022, drug companies look ...
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Ending the Opioid Crisis: Are the Tools Within Reach?
According to the latest data from the CDC, a record 108,279 Americans lost their lives to drug overdoses between ...
JUNE 29, 2023
Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl Fuels Surge in Youth Overdoses
Monthly median drug overdose deaths increased by more than 100% among adolescents between July to Dec. 2019 and ...
JANUARY 31, 2023
Will Isotonitazene Be Our New Overdose Crisis Drug?
In the fall of 2019, a new synthetic opioid named isotonitazene made its debut in the U.S. and Canada. It is ...
JANUARY 9, 2023
Access to Care During Pandemic Linked to Fewer Methadone-Related Overdose Deaths
Increased access to methadone at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic may have been behind a reduction in ...
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Wearable Device Would Identify, Treat Potential Opioid Overdose
A wearable patch under development would detect opioid-related respiratory depression and administer rescue ...
JULY 18, 2022
Use of Some SSRIs With Oxycodone Linked to Overdose
Initiating oxycodone in patients being treated for depression with the ssRIs paroxetine and fluoxetine resulted in ...
JUNE 17, 2022
