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Compositional and contextual factors associated with drug overdose deaths in the United States
Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2020Background: In 2017, the US Department of Health and Human Services declared the Opioid epidemic a public health emergency. In the US, emergency rooms treat more than 1,000 people each day for drug overdose, and 115 of them die.
Satish K. Kedia +5 more
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Pharmacy On-Site Overdose Protocols and Prevention of Overdose
Substance Abuse, 2022Background Opioid overdose is a preventable injury leading to high morbidity and premature mortality in communities across the United States. Overdoses take place where people use drugs, including commercial and public locations like community pharmacies, and necessitate swift detection and response to avoid harm and, even more seriously, death.
Janette Baird +10 more
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Academic Emergency Medicine, 1996
ABSTRACTObjective: To determine the clinical presenting signs and symptoms in presumed overdoses of sertraline, a recently approved antidepressant.Methods: A prospective study involving five western regional poison control centers was performed to evaluate the clinical manifestations of presumed sertraline ingestions (overdoses).
B. Zane Horowitz, G. T. Lau
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ABSTRACTObjective: To determine the clinical presenting signs and symptoms in presumed overdoses of sertraline, a recently approved antidepressant.Methods: A prospective study involving five western regional poison control centers was performed to evaluate the clinical manifestations of presumed sertraline ingestions (overdoses).
B. Zane Horowitz, G. T. Lau
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Forensic Science, 1972
Abstract A narcotics addict, suspected of receiving an overdose of heroin, was found to have died from an overdose of chloroquine. Heroin and several tranquilizers were suspected materials but no drugs other than chloroquine were found in the blood or urine.
D.T. Diosi, V.L. Kyle, H.M. Irvin
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Abstract A narcotics addict, suspected of receiving an overdose of heroin, was found to have died from an overdose of chloroquine. Heroin and several tranquilizers were suspected materials but no drugs other than chloroquine were found in the blood or urine.
D.T. Diosi, V.L. Kyle, H.M. Irvin
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2020
Abstract In this case, a middle-aged male presents to the emergency department (ED) of a general hospital with dizziness and weakness and a history of falling the previous day associated with seizures. There is also a possibility of head injury. He is well known to the department and has been seen previously by the head of the department
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Abstract In this case, a middle-aged male presents to the emergency department (ED) of a general hospital with dizziness and weakness and a history of falling the previous day associated with seizures. There is also a possibility of head injury. He is well known to the department and has been seen previously by the head of the department
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Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1993
Risperidone is an investigational antipsychotic agent currently being tested in an international multicenter drug trial. We report the first case of a risperidone overdose in an apparent suicide attempt. This was without serious clinical side effects and manifested mainly as ECG abnormalities.
Ellen L Hamburg +4 more
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Risperidone is an investigational antipsychotic agent currently being tested in an international multicenter drug trial. We report the first case of a risperidone overdose in an apparent suicide attempt. This was without serious clinical side effects and manifested mainly as ECG abnormalities.
Ellen L Hamburg +4 more
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Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1994
Propafenone is an infrequently used class IC antiarrhythmic drug. We report our experience with a patient who overdosed with propafenone and developed coma, seizures, bradycardia, hypotension, and conduction delay. The clinical manifestations and management of this patient are discussed in light of the known pharmacology of propafenone and compared ...
W, Kerns, B, English, M, Ford
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Propafenone is an infrequently used class IC antiarrhythmic drug. We report our experience with a patient who overdosed with propafenone and developed coma, seizures, bradycardia, hypotension, and conduction delay. The clinical manifestations and management of this patient are discussed in light of the known pharmacology of propafenone and compared ...
W, Kerns, B, English, M, Ford
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Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 1997
OBJECTIVE: To report a nonfatal intentional overdose of amlodipine. CASE SUMMARY: A 42-year-old woman with a history of hypertension reported ingesting 50–100 mg amlodipine besylate and at least 40 ounces of beer in a suicide attempt. The patient's symptoms were mild; BP ranged from 79/50 to 113/76 mm Hg and HR from 92 to 129 beats/min (sinus ...
E J, Stanek, C E, Nelson, D, DeNofrio
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OBJECTIVE: To report a nonfatal intentional overdose of amlodipine. CASE SUMMARY: A 42-year-old woman with a history of hypertension reported ingesting 50–100 mg amlodipine besylate and at least 40 ounces of beer in a suicide attempt. The patient's symptoms were mild; BP ranged from 79/50 to 113/76 mm Hg and HR from 92 to 129 beats/min (sinus ...
E J, Stanek, C E, Nelson, D, DeNofrio
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Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts
This data visualization presents provisional counts for drug overdose deaths based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System. Counts for the most recent final annual data are provided for comparison.
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Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1983
Trazodone did not appear to be a potent respiratory depressant or cardiotoxic or neurotoxic agent in our cases. Further experience is needed to determine a recommended treatment procedure. It is not clear whether the experience with these two cases can be extrapolated to elderly patients, patients with serious physical illnesses, or cases involving ...
T, Lesar +3 more
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Trazodone did not appear to be a potent respiratory depressant or cardiotoxic or neurotoxic agent in our cases. Further experience is needed to determine a recommended treatment procedure. It is not clear whether the experience with these two cases can be extrapolated to elderly patients, patients with serious physical illnesses, or cases involving ...
T, Lesar +3 more
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