SCOTTSDALE,AZ (AZFamily) — A family of a Scottsdale teen who died from a fentanyl overdose is teaming up with a nonprofit to ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine to teens addicted to opioids. But only 6% of pediatricians report ever doing so.
(THE CONVERSATION) The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office found that nitazenes, a synthetic opioid up to 40 times more powerful than fentanyl, were connected to at least five overdose deaths in ...
Younger users' ignorance of risks associated with drugs' unpredictable dosage — the "chocolate chip cookie effect" — is one factor cited in death toll.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that it is voluntarily halting sales in the U.S. and Canada of Relyvrio, a drug contentiously approved by the FDA for patients with ALS, also known as Lou ...
In a twisted, deadly development, drug use among adolescents has declined — but drug-associated deaths are up. The main ...