Opioid overdose

Current Event- Opioid Addiction and Treatment Cost Opioid Addictions can be very difficult to deal with, and admitting you have one and wanting to change can be even tougher. Addictions to opioids do not mainly only affect a person health but also affect your finances. According to Gee & Frank (2017), “The cost of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is about $5,500 per year. However, treatment of the addiction is only one element of the cost of caring for people with opioid dependence” (n.p.). The

Prescription drug abuse and overdose-related deaths have reached an epidemic level in the United States and are an urgent public health concern. To combat this opioid crisis, in 2016 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) was signed into law. CARA authorizes grants to increase access to treatment services and opioid reversal drugs such as Naloxone, strengthen the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), expand prevention and educational efforts. In spite of the extensive range of activities

The epidemic of IV opioid abuse raises concerns for a resurgence of hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS (http://n.pr/1LLz25M) because addicts are prone to passing needles and syringes from one person to another. • Kentucky and Indiana struggle to curb outbreaks of Hepatitis C and IV drug abuse (http://bit.ly/1RcypEz and http://usat.ly/1RqsQU2). • Kentucky has the greatest problem with heroin abuse (http://yhoo.it/1Of0zyv). • A county of just 12,000 residents in Kentucky reported overdose deaths of a mother

Naloxone Distribution: Ineffective way to deter opiate overdose Clarisse Goue UW-Madison School of Nursing 2017 Naloxone distribution: Ineffective way to deter opiates overdose In the United States, (US) the death from the use of opioid overdose has been increasing drastically. According to the National Institution on drug abuse, the number of deaths from opioids overdose has increased from 10-15k in 2002 to 30-35 in 2015 (NIH, 2015). This epidemic has become a global

the opioid epidemic. The main solution proposed by organizations attempting to end the epidemic is the establishment and increased accessibility to rehabilitation centers. If rehabilitation centers helped every individual and ensured that the individual would never go back to their former ways, this would be a great idea. When individuals experiment with these dangerous substances knowing they may very well die, there is no fear because they know that if they are in a public place and overdose the

narcotics it a result to the euphoria one gets. Narcotics affects the central nervous system by stimulating the opioid receptors. Opioids are a class of drugs that include illegal and legally prescribed drugs. The most common illegal opioid is heroin and legal ones include OxyContin, Vicodin, and morphine. Recently, there's been a crisis coined the opioid epidemic due to rising popularity of opioid abuse.

prescription overdose deaths in my study. The other types of prescription harm discussed, including extensive drug effects and drug-related emergency department visits, are either estimated values or moderately controversial on the source of the harm. Additionally, statistical evidence and conclusions made based on overall prescription data would hold little validity due to many extraneous factors that differ from one medication to the next; therefore, I will focus exclusively on opioid analgesics

to stop the consumption of the drugs they use. If we condone the consumption of opioids in public hospitals I believe it will lead people to interpret this drug as a safe thing to use. “Safe Injection Sites” are not a valid response to the opioid epidemic because they will not help addicts, which in turn causes brain damage, death, and sanitary hazards for U.S. citizens. These sites will not help addicts leave opioids behind because they will still be administered the drugs by a trained physician

What is the “Opioid Epidemic”? Why is it so dangerous? These are probably questions someone would ask if not educated on the epidemic.The Opioid Epidemic is a problem within North America that is ravaging thousands of homes and many communities with little to no answers to eradicate the problem. To understand how to prevent more people from losing loved ones, the epidemic needs to be explained and broken down. What is an Opioid? An Opioid is an addictive painkiller that is usu-ally used in the

the adults in her house. After arriving at the scene authorities found the bodies of Christopher Dilly, 26, and Jessica Lally, 25, dead of suspected drug overdoses. Also inside the home were three other children. This case is part of an epidemic of drug overdoses and their impact on families around the Allegheny area. There were 422 opioid overdose deaths in Allegheny County last year the largest death toll in the county’s history (Citation).