FDA Approves User-Friendly Device to Reverse Opioid Drug Overdoses

Published April 5, 2014

FDA approves user-friendly device to reverse opioid drug overdoses
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It comes a week after Governor Deval Patrick declared a public health emergency to combat the growing abuse of opiates and recent spike in heroin deaths in the state; his declaration allows police and other emergency personnel to carry Narcan, a form … Read more on Boston.com (blog)

The Internet Turned Kratom, a Medical Plant, Into an Oxy-Adderall Lovechild
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A 2008 paper in the journal Addiction described a patient with chronic pain who successfully switched from injecting ground-up Dilaudid pills to drinking kratom tea, with minimal withdrawal symptoms. Ultimately, he suffered a seizure after taking … Read more on Motherboard