Opioid overdose

The over use of opioid has been one of the major public health problem in the United States (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2018). Opioids include prescription medications that are used to treat pain symptoms which includes codeine, morphine, methadone, hydrocodone, and etc., as well as illegal drugs such as heroin and illicit potent on opioids such as fentanyl analogs (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2018). The opioid overdose could happen due

officers are the first to arrive at the scene of an overdose, accident, or crime. Some law enforcement officers are equipped with the lifesaving opioid antidote, Narcan, however, not all law enforcement in America carries the drug. Currently, over 1000 police departments carry the drug but, still that is not enough. Narcan is an opioid antagonist that reverses the effects of prescription pain medications and heroin. When victims are suffering from an overdose police officers simply spray Narcan up their

OPIOID MISUSE AND ITS PREVENTION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE As it is known, the opioid misuse is one of the major problems in the USA (Huhn et al., 2018), compared to the other substance use disorders. The number of the cases of opioid overdose registered slowly rises permanently (Coffin et al., 2017), and different approaches to the solution of this problem are developed. The present literature review gives an overview of three peer-reviewed studies which are dedicated to different aspects of opioid misuse

Opioids are killing Americans throughout the world and also decreasing their lifespans overall. According to a medical report from JAMA Opioids take about 3 months off of our lives. In 2015 life expectancy in the US decreased since the year 1993. Deaths from drug overdose continue to get higher and according to The Center for Disease control there were 64,000 deaths from a drug overdose in 2016. The amount of deaths related to Opioid’s has multiplied by four since 1999. One of the main causes for

Opioid abuse has become so widespread in Baltimore that on March 1, 2017, the governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, declared a state of emergency. The rise in the number of opioid-related overdoses in the Baltimore have skyrocketed in the past few years. According to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 1089 people, a majority from Baltimore, died of a fentanyl overdose in 2015. In 2016, the number rose to 1856 deaths. (Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 14). The spike

Naloxone is an FDA approved overdose reversal medication. Naloxone is a prescription medication that when administered to an individual experiencing an opioid-related overdose restores the individual to consciousness and normal breathing (NAMSDL.org, 2016). Naloxone is always effective when administered correctly (NAMSDL.org, 2016). Since 2000, the drug overdose rate involving opioids has increased 200% (NAMSDL.org, 2016). Treatment centers, physicians and first responders in the rural areas

There is no question that the alarming rate of deaths related to opioid overdose needs to be addressed in this county, but the way to solve the problem seems to remain a trial and error approach at this point. A patient is injured, undergoes surgery, experiences normal wear and tear on a hip, knee or back and has to live with that pain for the rest of their life or take a narcotic pain medication in order to improve their quality of life and at least be able to move. The above patients are what narcotic

On June 6, 2017 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in the state of Arizona (Vestal, C. 2017, June 6). Since 2012 there has been a 74% increase in opioid overdoses and deaths; this equals about 2 opioid overdose deaths per day in Arizona (Vestal, C. 2017, June 6). 431 million opioid pills were prescribed in Arizona in 2016 enough for every Arizonan to have a 2.5 week supply of opioid pills (Arizona Department of Health Services, 2017). The “U.S. is only

Rates of opioid-related overdose have been rapidly increasing in the United States. From 2010-2015, overdose deaths attributed to the use of illicit opioids has increased by over 200% (1). In 2016, the number of opioid-related deaths reached 64,070, the highest number ever recorded in the nation’s history and anticipated to increase (2). While opioid-related overdose had been largely caused by prescription opioid misuse, the problem is increasingly due to heroin and other illicit opioid use (3, 4)

currently facing an epidemic. This epidemic is the usage of opioids. Every year, the death toll grows from opioids usage. Opioid overdoses are America's leading killer. People are becoming more and more addicted to them and it is causing the user to overdose on the drugs. There are many types of opioids with different usages. This causes short and long term effects which can later lead the body to experience withdrawal from the drugs. Opioids are drugs that come from opium. Opium is the dried latex