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Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn’t Have to Die
There are ways to prevent loved ones from becoming victims of an overdose. Here are three.
Concert Deaths: Four Myths About the Drug Molly
In the last week, three young adults have died after taking apparent overdoses of a drug known on the street as “molly”— two of them over the Labor Day weekend at a New York electronic music festival.
Wider Use of Antidote Could Lower Overdose Deaths by Nearly 50%
Distributing naloxone and training people to use it can cut the death rates from overdose nearly in half, according to a new study.
FDA Action on Vicodin May Mean More Pain, Not Less Addiction or Overdose
Stricter rules for prescribing opioids may not be the only answer to curbing addiction to painkillers
Study Supports Benefits of Naloxone in Treating Drug Overdoses
Study shows naloxone effective for treating overdose
Lessons from Bon Jovi’s Daughter’s Overdose
Stephanie Bongiovi’s case makes the argument for broader Good Samaritan laws and wider use of the overdose antidote naloxone
Preventing Overdose: Obama Administration Drug Czar Calls For Wider Access to Overdose Antidote
For the first time, the drug czar has supported broadening access to naloxone, the life-saving prescription drug that immediately reverses overdoses of heroin and prescription painkillers
Methadone: A Major Driver of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths
Methadone accounts for nearly 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdose deaths in the U.S., even though only 2% of prescriptions for opioid painkillers are for this drug, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control …
Government Considers Overdose Antidote, Naloxone, to Fight Prescription Drug Misuse
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has for the first time advocated considering the distribution of the naloxone, an overdose antidote, as a way to curb the rising toll of overdose deaths in America.
Naloxone Debate: FDA Hears Testimony About Making an Overdose Antidote Nonprescription
(Updated) “Why didn’t I know about this when my child was alive?” That was the question raised over and over at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hearing on Thursday by parents whose families make up the terrible …
A Lifesaving Overdose Antidote Should Be Made More Widely Available
A new CDC report finds that naloxone, a drug that reverses overdose, could save thousands of lives if public health agencies distributed it more broadly
Whitney Houston’s Death: Hallmarks of a Battle Against Addiction and Overdose
The cause of the legendary singer’s death on Saturday is still unknown, but it bears the signs of overdose.