Sedative Effect

A significant proportion of teens and young adults in the United States prescribed a psychoactive drug reported misusing that drug, according to study results published in Family Medicine and Community Health.

Patients admitted to EDs for nonfatal opioid or sedative/hypnotic drug overdose had “exceptionally high” risks for death due to suicide, unintentional overdose and other causes, according to results of a retrospective cohort study published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.