Methamphetamine

The CDC issued a warning to health care officials, clinicians and patients about a potential risk for overdose among people ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies.

Reduced drug use was linked to lower levels of craving, depression and other drug-related problems among individuals with stimulant use disorder, even if they did not achieve abstinence, according to a study published in Addiction.

Use of any substance during pregnancy, including alcohol and cannabis but especially methamphetamines, is associated with increased risk for acute CV outcomes during delivery hospitalization, according to a nationwide database analysis.

The rate of cocaine use during pregnancy increased in a Northern California health system compared with population-level increases in the United States from 2011 to 2019, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

The widespread co-use of methamphetamine and opioids were associated with nonfatal overdoses among drug users in rural United States communities, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

SAN DIEGO — Admissions for opioid and methamphetamine co-use in pregnancy increased between 2000 and 2017, according to data presented here.

The use of illicit drugs and excess alcohol was associated with elevated risk for hospitalization for incident atrial fibrillation, according to two studies presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

In the United States, overdose deaths that involved psychostimulants other than cocaine —mostly methamphetamine — rose 180% in the last 5 full years before the COVID-19 pandemic, a cross-sectional analysis of nationwide data showed.

Between 2002 and 2014, methamphetamine-associated HF hospitalizations increased in the U.S., especially in regions in the West Coast, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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