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Eight care home workers in Germany overdosed on Pfizer vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight elderly workers at a German care home were mistakenly injected with five times the recommended dose of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine, local authorities said Monday.
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'Diseases of despair' have soared over past decade in US
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): 'Diseases of despair', such as substance abuse, alcohol dependency, and suicidal thoughts and behaviours, have soared in the US over the past decade, reveals an analysis of health insurance claims data published in the online journal BMJ Open.
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Study reveals overdose of opioid for knee surgery linked to death
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 30 (ANI): Opioid prescription rates for outpatient knee surgery vary widely across the country, but the strength of the average prescription in the United States is at a level that has been linked to an increased risk of overdose death, suggest the findings of a new stud
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Opioid prescription rates for knee surgery vary, but higher strength dosag
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): A new study found that opioid prescription rates for outpatient knee surgery vary widely across the country, but the strength of the average prescription in the United States is at a level that has been linked to an increased risk of overdose death.
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Patients transitioning to skilled nursing facilities at opioid risks: Stud
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 15 (ANI): Patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities often bring a high-dose painkiller prescription with them, which suggests that more attention should be paid to opioid safety for those patients, concludes a recent study focusing on the opioid-fueled publ
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Treatment for opioid use disorder is rare in hospitals, study finds
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 10 (ANI): Despite the national opioid-related overdose epidemic that continues to claim tens of thousands of lives annually, a recent study shows that patients who received a medication to treat opioid use disorder while they were in the hospital were subsequently l
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Overdose on exercise can lead to cardiac events
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 27 (ANI): There are many benefits of a hardcore workout regime. However, people, especially those, who aren't accustomed to high-intensity exercise, when thrown to such hard participation, can risk sudden cardiac arrest according to a new Scientific Statement publi
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Intentional use of fentanyl on rise: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Jan 25 (ANI): The use of fentanyl by the people who suffer from a drug habit has witnessed a twofold increase since the year 2015, says a latest research.
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Life-saving opioid antidote accessible to only 2 pc patients, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): A life-saving drug often prescribed for opioid overdose patients is accessible to less than 2 per cent of the people who need it, according to a recent study.
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Life-saving medicine does not reach majority of patients, study reveals
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): A drug that can be life-saving is accessible to very few needy patients. Despite being recommended for opioids over-dose patients by physicians, less than 2 per cent really get the medication to save their lives, suggests a recent study.
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Illicit opioid users at higher mortality risk due to various causes, revea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 26 (ANI): People hooked on to illicit opioids are not only at the risk of dying from a drug overdose but also face increased chances of death from communicable and non-communicable diseases, injuries and suicide.
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Anxiety medication abuse on rise among American adolescents: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Dec 17 (ANI): A recent study by a group of American researchers has pointed towards the worrying trend of rapidly increasing benzodiazepines overdose among American youths over the previous decade.
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