Tag: Fentanyl
One-Day Induction of XR Buprenorphine Feasible for Fentanyl Use in OUD
Rapid induction to extended-release buprenorphine 300-mg injection feasible and well tolerated for those using fentanyl
Concurrent Use of Fentanyl, Stimulants Common in Overdoses
Proportion of stimulant involvement in fentanyl-involved overdose deaths increased in almost every state from 2015 to 2021
Overdose Deaths Involving Counterfeit Pills Increasing in U.S.
Quarterly percentage of deaths more than doubled with evidence of counterfeit pill use from July to September 2019 to October to December 2021
Narcan Will Reach Drug Store Shelves Next Week
The nasal spray version of naloxone will be available at select retailers for $44.99 for a box of two doses
After U.S. Warns of Counterfeit Pills Laced With Fentanyl, Mexico Shuts Down 23 Pharmacies
Fentanyl is responsible for about 70,000 deaths each year in the United States
First Murder Conviction for Fentanyl Dealer Delivered in California
Man who sold fentanyl to a 15-year-old girl who died of an overdose last summer has been convicted of second-degree murder
Xylazine Increasingly ID’d in Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl Overdose Deaths
Monthly percentage of illicitly manufactured fentanyl-involved deaths with xylazine detected increased from 2.9 to 10.9 percent
Fentanyl Is Main Agent in Fatal Pediatric Opioid Poisoning
5 percent of deaths from opioids in 1999 were from fentanyl compared with 94.0 percent of opioid deaths by 2021
2016 to 2021 Saw Increase in Drug Overdose Rates Involving Fentanyl
Increase seen in age-adjusted drug overdose death rates involving methamphetamine, cocaine; decrease reported in death rates involving oxycodone
Mix of Vet Tranquilizer, Fentanyl an ‘Emerging Threat,’ U.S. Officials Warn
More than 3,000 people who died of an overdose in the United States had xylazine in their system in 2021
