Drug Poisoning
Analysis shows ‘worrisome’ increase in drug-related poisoning among children
Seizures caused by swallowing medications or illegal substances among youth have significantly risen over the past 15 years, data presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress showed.
Study shows mortality rates significantly increased among pregnant women from 2015 to 2019
Mortality rates due to all causes and drug or alcohol poisoning significantly increased among recently pregnant women in the U.S. from 2015 to 2019, according to findings published in JAMA.
Recreational ketamine use, poisonings have increased
Recreational ketamine use and availability have increased in the U.S. in recent years, despite still being an uncommon drug, according to study results published in American Journal of Public Health.
‘Deaths of despair’ have increased along demographic, geographic lines
Increasing death rates related to drug poisonings, suicide and alcohol varied significantly based on demographics and geography, according to results of a serial cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.
Restricting suicidal patients' access to drugs with high case fatality rates vital to suicide prevention
Patients at risk for suicide should be prevented from accessing drugs with high case fatality rates, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.
Many California pharmacies do not provide correct drug disposal information
Less than half of pharmacies surveyed in California provided correct information on how to dispose of prescription opioids and antibiotics, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.