Robert Allen had taken just two morphine pills. Debbie Allen would later learn what she said no one had told her: Opioids like morphine, when combined with her husband's sleep apnea, can lead to ...

The doctor was disciplined. Robert had underlying respiratory issues, including severe sleep apnea, and should not have taken opioids outside a hospital setting. "The strongest thing we've ever ...

Sun and Barbos found that these opioid control programs not only curb misuse but contributed to a 10% reduction in the prevalence of simple assaults, which account for nearly 75% of domestic ...

Last week, the Trump administration released a five-step plan to address the country’s opioid addiction crisis. The administration’s new drug czar’s plan focuses largely on attempts to ...

Most of these deaths were related to opioid use. Despite the drop, steep racial disparities in opioid deaths, particularly among Black people, remain. Why? In part, these disparities persist ...

AND WE'RE GETTING MEANINGFUL RESULTS FROM IT. > AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE REPORTED 49 SUSPECTED OPIOID OVERDOSE INCIDENTS ACROSS MANCHESTER IN NASHUA IN MARCH. AMR REGIONAL DIRECTOR..CHRIS STAWASZ ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Opioid deaths in Illinois have decreased for the first time since 2018, and Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is in part crediting the availability of naloxone and a ...

Use the questions below to guide you as you complete the worksheet (and chapter 25 of the book for a ... How do you feel about pain medication such as epidurals + opioids? Perhaps you know that you ...

A new opioid-free pain medication was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday, marking a non-addictive alternative for patients. Journavx (suzetrigine), made by Vertex ...

For the first time in two decades, the FDA has approved a new class of non-opioid pain medication, offering an alternative to addictive opioids for patients seeking pain relief. The drug ...

To treat acute pain, doctors in the U.S. commonly prescribe opioids: powerful painkillers with dangerous side effects including serious risk of addiction and overdose. Now, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

The number of opioid overdose deaths in Cook County dropped dramatically in 2024, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Last year in Cook ...