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# opioids

Last month
September 2023
# harm reduction
Pilot scheme will see people at risk of opioid overdose given relief medication they can take at home
Naloxone temporarily reverses the effects of opioids, allowing a person to get medical help.
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Sep 1st 2023, 12:09 PM
All time
# opioid crisis
Pharma giant Purdue files for bankruptcy in bid to settle US opioid crisis cases
The cases against Purdue seek to address the costs of millions of Americans sinking into addiction.
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Sep 16th 2019, 1:57 PM
# opioid crisis
Pharma company that makes painkiller Oxycontin to offer over $10 billion to settle claims in US
Purdue Pharma said it “sees little good coming from years of wasteful litigation”.
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Aug 27th 2019, 10:00 PM
# opioids
The rise of opiates: How Ireland's 'broken' health service is behind a surge in prescription painkillers
The use of powerful painkillers has gradually risen in recent years.
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Sep 13th 2018, 6:15 AM
# Drug use
One in every five young adult deaths in the US is related to opioids
The study found that the percentage of deaths attributed to opioids in the US increased by 292% from 2001 to 2016.
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Jun 2nd 2018, 3:00 PM
# Naloxone
Americans urged to carry overdose antidote in effort to tackle drug deaths
The US’s chief doctor has issued his office’s first national public health advisory in 13 years.
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Apr 5th 2018, 7:00 PM
# opioids
Singer Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose, medical examiner says
The 66-year-old passed away on 3 October 2017.
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Jan 20th 2018, 7:45 AM
# painkillers
Two million people are addicted to opioid drugs in US, with 90 dying every day
Many people buy pills illegally when their prescriptions run out.
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Aug 13th 2017, 7:30 AM
# Drug Addiction
There's been a surge in the number of US babies born with heroin withdrawal symptoms
The problem is particularly bad in rural areas.
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Dec 17th 2016, 6:00 PM
# Highly Effective
New painkiller is as powerful as morphine - but without the dangerous side-effects
The synthetic drug, PZM21, also does not produce addiction.
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Aug 21st 2016, 10:00 AM
# opioids
Prince died from an overdose, says law-enforcement official
The official has spoken anonymously to the Associated Press.
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Jun 2nd 2016, 7:07 PM