NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 05: A new vending machine in Brooklyn that will dispense free fentanyl and naloxone test strips, as well as hygiene kits, maxi sanitary pads, vitamin C and COVID-19 tests officially opened on June 05, 2023 in New York City. Jointly operated by Services for the UnderServed (S:US) and the city’s health department, the vending machine will only ask for a zip code before allowing customers to choose free items 24 hours a day. New York City plans to place additional free public health service…
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Your body naturally produces opioids without causing addiction or overdose
Opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: the kind face offers pain relief to millions of sufferers, while the grim visage drives a crisis of opioid abuse and overdose that has claimed nearly 70,000 lives across the United States United only in 2020 . One possible path to achieving this lies in understanding the molecular pathways that opioids use to work their effects in your body. (unsplash) {{^RegisteredUser}} {{/RegisteredUser}} {{^RegisteredUser}} {{/RegisteredUser}} Scientists like me who study pain and opioids have been looking for a…
Read More“If Narcan doesn’t work, give more” and other myths about naloxone use
If you are giving naloxone (Narcan) to a patient who is experiencing an apparent opioid overdose and it doesn’t seem to be working, should you give more? Not necessarily, according to Kelly Ramsey, MD, MPH, chief of medical services at the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports in Albany. Adding a second dose of naloxone because it “can’t hurt” is just one of many myths surrounding the overdose drug, Ramsey saidwho is also a board member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine but did not speak…
Read MoreThe Bedford County duo were contracted to deliver drugs that led to a fatal overdose
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) Facebook conversations led police to charge a couple over a fatal overdose by a Huntingdon County man. Tyler Fix, 33, and Victoria Corle, 37, both of Bedford, are behind bars for drug delivery offenses resulting in a death charge for allegedly delivering drugs to 31-year-old Dalton Price leading to his death. On January 14, Pennsylvania State Police were contacted by a relative of Price’s, reporting that they had found the victim dead in her bedroom at a house along Croghan Pike. Police arrived and investigated the…
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