Teens who land in emergency rooms with an opioid overdose generally receive naloxone to reverse the effects of dangerous drugs in their system and are sent home with a list of places they can go for ...
In cases of opioid use disorder, short-term medically managed withdrawal (commonly known as detox) and long-term rehabilitation treatments that don’t incorporate continued use of buprenorphine or ...
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County’s opioid crisis has reached alarming levels, with accidental overdoses surpassing car crashes as the leading cause of accidental death. Last year, 423 people died ...
Sen. Patty Murray toured the Lummi Nation Health Center and met with Lummi Nation Chairman Anthony Hillaire on Tuesday to address federal and tribal government collaboration in responding to the ...
When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn’t find one. Teens who land in emergency ...
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