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Coming wave of opioid overdoses ‘will be worse than it’s ever been before’
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Coming wave of opioid overdoses ‘will be worse than it’s ever been before’

by Northwestern University A visualization of the data illustrates that between 2019 and 2020, rates of opioid-involved overdose deaths converged while escalating for the first time across six types of rural and urban counties. Credit: Northwestern University Over the past 21 years of opioid overdose deaths—from prescription drugs to heroin to synthetic and semisynthetic opioids...

Older adult opioid overdose death rates on the rise
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Older adult opioid overdose death rates on the rise

JANUARY 11, 2022 by  Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A common stereotype for an “older adult” might include early-bird specials, dentures and tickets to the matinee show. A new Northwestern Medicine study that analyzed 20 years of fatal opioid overdose data in adults 55 and older paints a much different picture. Between 1999 and 2019, opioid-related...