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Lidocaine overdose

Pediatric Emergency Care, 1994
Physicians who prescribe viscous lidocaine preparations should be aware of the adverse effects and the high risk for overdose in pediatric patients. Owing to altered pharmacokinetics (increased absorption, decreased clearance, and prolonged half-life), doses that are innocuous for adults may present a significant potential toxic hazard in children ...
J, Gonzalez del Rey, S, Wason, R W, Druckenbrod   +2 more
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Local Overdose Fatality Review Team Recommendations for Overdose Death Prevention

Health Promotion Practice, 2018
This study compiled and detailed recommendations from Maryland Local Overdose Fatality Review Teams (LOFRTs) to provide state and local health departments with innovative strategies to address the worsening opioid epidemic and overdose-related deaths.
Erin Haas, Christine Truong, Laura Bartolomei-Hill, Michael Baier, Barbara Bazron, Kathleen Rebbert-Franklin   +5 more
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Preventing Vitamin Overdoses?

Science Signaling, 2010
Dietary absorption of vitamins A and D decreases bile acid synthesis through nuclear receptor–mediated transcriptional regulation.
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Prevention of Drug Absorption in Simulated Theophylline Overdose

Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 1995
To assess the effectiveness of oral activated charcoal and catharsis in preventing theophylline absorption, 12 healthy subjects, aged 20-35 years, received 3 x 200 mg sustained-release theophylline tablets and 16 radio-opaque placebo tablets on six occasions.
N A, Minton, J A, Henry
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Preventing Unintentional Drug Overdose in North Carolina by Advocating for Policies that Support Overdose Prevention

2013
The main purpose of this Capstone project was to develop and promote a policy, which became the 911 Good Samaritan and Naloxone Access bill, to reduce unintentional drug overdose deaths in North Carolina (NC). The team's partner organization, North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC), solicited the Capstone team's help in raising awareness about ...
Rupp, Betty, Bailey, Justin, Glasser, Allison, Haller, Colleen, Rich, Natalie   +4 more
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Naloxone for Overdose Prevention

2018
Naloxone is very effective in reversing an opioid overdose. It can be delivered by a lay person and if the patient is not experiencing an opioid overdose, naloxone is harmless. There is a new version much easier to use that contains a higher naloxone dose (4 mg). This higher dose is recommended, because it is effective for a fentanyl overdose.
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Fatal overdose: Predicting to prevent

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2022
Annick, Borquez, Natasha K, Martin
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An evaluation of a heroin overdose prevention and education campaign

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2010
Abstract Introduction and Aims. Following detection of an upward trend in the frequency of fatal heroin overdoses in Victoria between 2001 and 2003, Victoria's Department of Human Services planned a campaign aimed at increasing injecting drug users' (IDU) awareness of overdose risks and prevention strategies.
Danielle, Horyniak, Peter, Higgs, Jennifer, Lewis, Rebecca, Winter, Paul, Dietze, Campbell, Aitken   +5 more
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A step toward preventing overdose

Science, 2019
Opioid Overdose Opioid addiction and overdose remain serious health concerns in the United States. Naloxone can reverse opioid overdose but must be administered in a timely manner. Toward this goal, Nandakumar et al. configured a smartphone to detect changes in respiration that precede opioid overdose.
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Opioid overdose prevention

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2015
Bratberg, Jeffrey, McLaughlin, Bill, Brewster, Scott   +2 more
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