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2 hours ago · The effect of the intervention on the rate of opioid-related overdose deaths did not differ appreciably according to state, urban or rural category, age, sex, or race or ethnic group. Intervention communities implemented 615 evidence-based practice strategies from the 806 strategies selected by communities (254 involving overdose education and ...
2 hours ago · Oxycodone, a semi-synthetic opioid, is a highly selective full agonist of the μ-opioid receptor (MOR). This is the main biological target of the endogenous opioid neuropeptide β-endorphin. Oxycodone has low affinity for the δ-opioid receptor (DOR) and the κ-opioid receptor (KOR), where it is an agonist similarly.
1 day ago · Nitazenes, a class of strong synthetic opioids, have been detected in every state and territory in Australia, and linked to at least a dozen deaths. Varying in strength, nitazenes can be 50 times ...
2 hours ago · “Know the signs of opioid overdose and carry naloxone.” Naloxone is a drug that can temporarily reverse opioid overdose. Cocaine and protonitazene are very different substances, according to the warning. “Cocaine produces stimulant effects, whereas protonitazene produces sedative effects and may lead to opioid overdose,” it says.
1 day ago · July 6, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Project Noelle, a nonprofit that helps children and families of opioid addicts, will host a luau event July 20 for Lorain County children at Lakeview Park in Lorain. The ...
1 day ago · Opioids. As attorney general, DeWine took steps to close down "pill mills" in Ohio that fueled the opioid epidemic. By the end of his first year in office, he had worked to close all 12 pill mills in Scioto County, considered by many to have been the national center of the prescription drug crisis.
4 hours ago · LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time, “Titanic” and two “Avatar” films, has died. He was 63. Alan Bergman, Disney Entertainment co-chairman, announced Landau’s death in a statement Saturday. No cause of death was given.
