September 20, 2024 by Robin Foster Controversial fentanyl lollipops and similar products will no longer be made by drug makers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced. Known as TIRF medications, these products contain fentanyl and are used to manage breakthrough pain in cancer patients who have become tolerant to around-the-clock opioid therapy, the...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Buprenorphine is a medication approved for pain and opioid dependence. New findings published in The American Journal on Addictions indicate that a transmucosal dose (which dissolves in the mouth) of buprenorphine followed by an injection of extended-release buprenorphine (BUP‐XR) may be an effective treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder...
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN—A group of novel synthetic opioids emerging in illicit drugs in the United States may be more powerful than fentanyl, 1,000 times more potent than morphine, and may even require more doses of the medication naloxone to reverse an overdose, a new study suggests. A bag of evidence containing the synthetic...
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY More than 80% of New Yorkers who inject drugs test positive for the opioid fentanyl, despite only 18% reporting using it intentionally, according to a new study by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health. The findings, published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, suggest that many people who inject...
MATTHEW PERRONE Mon, May 22, 2023 at 2:20 PM MST WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Monday approved a new easy-to-use version of a medication to reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids driving the nation’s drug crisis. Opvee is similar to naloxone, the life-saving drug that has been used for decades to quickly counter overdoses of heroin,...
The center of the national xylazine crisis is in Philadelphia. Photograph: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty ImagesDrugs The tranquilizer is increasingly mixed with the opioid in the US, giving rise to deadly overdoses and disturbing wounds Wilfred Chan Fri 31 Mar 2023 01.00 EDT Fentanyl – the deadliest drug in the country – is getting even more dangerous. Across...
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 23:52 EST, 25 February 2023 | UPDATED: 00:33 EST, 26 February 2023 Florida’s Attorney General is warning people about a ‘Frankenstein’ opioid that is allegedly 40 times as potent as fentanyl and is already spreading across America. Ashley Moody, a Republican, wants the state to pass a law to add the drug, officially known as ‘nitazene...
By Lev Facher Nov. 16, 2022 Packets of buprenorphine ELISE AMENDOLA/AP Doctors are reporting a troubling trend when it comes to fentanyl. The powerful drug, they say, isn’t just causing overdoses — it’s also making it more difficult to begin addiction treatment. In particular, fentanyl appears more likely to cause severe withdrawal symptoms for patients put...
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Fentanyl is used to supplement sedation and to relieve severe pain during and after surgery, but it’s also one of the deadliest drugs of the opioid epidemic. In research conducted by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and published in PNAS Nexus, tests of the brain’s electrical activity revealed...
by Tom Rickey, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL is expanding the library of data on known fentanyl variants, keeping first responders such as hazardous materials workers safe in the field. Credit: Gorodenkoff | Shutterstock.com While COVID has ruled the headlines for two years running, a different epidemic is claiming the lives of more than 100,000...
