#Drug overdose

Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News Synthetic opioids outlast current antidotes. A nanoparticle-based alternative could fix that. A newly developed single-dose opioid antidote lasts several days, a study in mice shows. If the results can be duplicated in humans, the treatment may one

Author: Ed Silverman / Source: STAT s efforts intensify to blunt the ongoing opioid crisis, a new study finds that increased marketing of the addictive painkillers to physicians resulted in more prescribing and, subsequently, more deaths from overdose. Interestingly, industry influence over

Author: Aimee Cunningham / Source: Science News As public health officials tackle opioid addiction and overdoses, another class of prescription drugs has been contributing to a growing number of deaths across the United States. Benzodiazepines, such as Valium and Xanax, are commonly prescribed

Author: Kayla Fitzgerald / Source: The Mercury News By Kayla Fitzgerald and Staff Reports CHICO >> One person is dead and four are in critical condition after apparent drug overdoses Saturday morning in an incident that Chico police Chief Mike O’Brien described as “horrific.” “Every

Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News A new smartphone app may help people who shoot up alone get medical treatment if they accidentally overdose. The app, dubbed Second Chance, monitors its user for breathing problems that foreshadow an opioid overdose (SN: 3/31/18, p. 18). In an