overdose
If you don’t know Laurie Engel’s harrowing story, you should read her heart-wrenching interview with Dr.
How often do you hear of someone using their spouse’s antibiotic medication that was prescribed for a prior illness but not entirely if ever used? Or, a teen sharing her friend’s birth control pills?
Multi-drug misuse and abuse - albeit prescription, over-the-counter (OTC) or illicit in nature - is a huge problem (not just in overdose risk).
There's no sign that the ongoing drug overdose epidemic is getting better. In fact, though it has been receiving widespread national attention for about two years, it seems to be getting worse.
Medication mistakes outside of a health care facility are on the rise and resulting in serious outcomes—with home locations leading the pack.
A new review article in the j
Opiate drugs are widely used, and ver