… opposition parties said the government is losing the battle against opioids like fentanyl and must declare a public health emergency. But Associate Health Minister Brandy Payne insisted calling a public health emergency won’t help. She said the …
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Alberta opposition demands extraordinary measures to fight fentanyl overdoses
Alberta’s opposition parties say the government is losing the battle against opioids like fentanyl and must declare a public health emergency. Members of all four opposition parties say the declaration would free up resources and coordinate the work of the multiple agencies involved.
Publicly funding dental care could help ease the fentanyl crisis, and more
… the ER with toothaches. “Because dental care is one of these things that we have not included in our publicly funded health care system…these patients end up in the emergency room, because they say ‘I don’t know where else to go, I don’t know what …
Almost 2,000 opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts show fentanyl dangers rising
The increasing number of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts show the state is one of the hardest hit in the nation by the growth of the highly-potent opioid fentanyl. The number of deaths related to opioids in Massachusetts has risen exponentially in recent years reaching an estimated 1,979 deaths this year, a sharp rise from 918 deaths in 2013, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health .
DEA calls China’s fentanyl ban a ‘game-changer’ for opioid epidemic: report
China has announced a ban on the legal manufacture of four varieties of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, CNN reports. The sale and manufacture of four variations of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl will be banned in China starting March 1, a move the Drug Enforcement Administration hailed as a potential “game-changer” in the fight against the opioid epidemic, CNN reports .
Addictions should be treated with the same urgency as wildfires
… of community members. Yet, nearly a year after the Christy Clark government branded the fentanyl crisis as a public health emergency, ambulances and naloxone remain one of the only responses available to stem the tide of deaths. Even if the B.C. …
Gout remedy may reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms: Alberta study
Illicit fentanyl is behind a surge in overdose deaths that reached unprecedented levels in British Columbia last year. Illicit fentanyl is behind a surge in overdose deaths that reached unprecedented levels in British Columbia last year.
Fentanyl: A mother’s pain, a mother’s message
… after that day, and suffered horribly, she says. What followed was two decades of Mcdonald struggling with mental health issues and drug use. Then, on Dec. 27, 2016 at an apartment in the Gastown Hotel in Vancouver, fentanyl took his life – almost. …
Drug of choice could end up a deadly mix
… giving four to seven doses of naloxone to reverse the overdose. Sometimes it doesn’t work. In Columbiana County, the Health Department has made Narcan kits available to local EMS and law enforcement agencies in response to the presence of fentanyl …
This Little Biotech Could Have a Big Winner on Its Hands
Perhaps investor awareness of the potential of the company’s pain drug in phase 2 and 3 trials is simply growing. What evidence do investors have that Cara’s approach will succeed? As it turns out, plenty.
Ignore Trump; Insys Will Stabilize
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3 Myths About Marijuana Stocks
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A New Study Shows a Startling Rise in Deaths From Fentanyl Overdoses
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Longtime opioid users motivated by fear of withdrawal
John Lenec remembers the song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” going through his head moments after he slipped off a detox centre bed and began convulsing on the floor. It had been six hours since his last hit of heroin.
Duterte painkiller use draws concern in Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission that he used a powerful painkiller has prompted concern about his health, with lawmakers urging him Sunday to undergo a medical examination and disclose the results. Duterte on Monday revealed that he used to take fentanyl, often prescribed for cancer pain and other chronic ailments, because of a spinal injury from previous motorcycle accidents.