Opioid News
Opioid Overdose Causes Life Expectancy to Drop The Journal of the Amercian Medical Association (JAMA) recently published a study that examined changes in life expectancy between the years 2000 and 2015 from drug poisoning. The study found that life expectancy overall increased from 76.8 years in 2000 to 78.8 years in 2015. However, drug poisoning
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Potential Opioid Settlement Compensation There are many different types of compensation you could be eligible for. Each case is different, so these types of compensation depends on each individual case. Some areas may include: Drug Rehabilitation Costs: The expenses related to drug rehabilitation may be reimbursed if your opioid lawsuit is successful. The cost of opioid
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What are opioids? What are opiates? How do opiates affect the mind and body? Why are prescription opioids addictive? How quickly can someone become addicted? What percentage of patients prescribed opioids become addicted? What are the signs of addiction? How does combining opioids with benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax affect the user? Do I
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More Information Opioid Birth Defects Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Opioid Use During Pregnancy Using opioids during pregnancy could bring a number of unwanted side effects such as: This is when a baby dies in the womb before 20 weeks of pregnancy. Preterm labor is labor that starts before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Preterm labor can lead
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Did you or a loved one become addicted to opioids prescribed by your doctor as painkiller medication? Did you or a loved one overdose and request resuscitation? Has someone you loved passed away due to an opioid overdose? You can and should take legal action right away! The Michael Brady Lynch Firm can provide legal
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Signs of Opioid Abuse If you are concerned that a loved one may be misusing opioids, keep an eye on them and watch for some of the common signs of abuse. Because opiates affect both the body and mind, you may notice both physical and mental changes. Some of the most common physical effects are:
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Staggering Statistics Every day, more than 115 Americans die from an opioid overdose. 66% of overdoses involve an opioid The “economic burden” of prescription opioid misuse in the United States is $78.5 billion a year. 2 million Americans are addicted to opioids 30% of prescribed opioids are misused 80% of heroin users first used prescription opioids Among opioid users, those who are dependent
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Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug known as heroin, and synthetic prescription drugs including fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, or methadone (drugs with common names such as Vicodin, Percocet, and OxyContin). Prescription opioids are medications that are chemically similar to endorphins and interact with opioid receptors in the body and brain.
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The opioid crisis in the United States causes tremendous hardship for the families and victims of those suffering from addiction. On a nationwide scale, the opioid epidemic imposes an economic burden on our nation’s economy in lost productivity, healthcare costs, criminal justice costs, and the alarming number of lives lost. The National Institute on Drug
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Opioid Overdoses Increase as Profits Soar
According to the National Institute for Drug Abuse’s March 2018 report, 115 people in the United States die from an Opioid overdose every day. Overdose deaths used to be rare. However, now Opioid overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. This surpasses annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns, and HIV
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