Tag: fentanyl
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Nation & World
Study reveals fentanyl’s effects on the brain
Researchers have learned that fentanyl produces a specific EEG signature, which could allow clinicians to monitor its effects to enable safer, more personalized administration during and after surgery.
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Nation & World
Fed up with baby steps amid ‘tsunami of overdose death’
Sarah Wakeman says that CDC report highlights need for U.S. to radically rethink response to opioid epidemic.
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Nation & World
Faster testing for illicit drugs
The landscape of the illegal drug trade changes constantly, particularly amid the current opioid crisis. Law-enforcement officers regularly find or confiscate pills, powders, and other substances and need to know…
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Nation & World
A nation nearer to the grave
Against a backdrop of recent jumps in drug overdose deaths and suicide, McLean Hospital psychologist R. Kathryn McHugh discusses the opioid crisis and increasing suicide deaths with the Gazette.
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Nation & World
Putting tomorrow’s doctors on opioid alert
Gov. Charlie Baker joined HMS faculty members in discussing the opioid crisis and the role physician education must play in fighting it.
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Nation & World
Rising threat: Death by fentanyl
Sarah Wakeman, an addiction specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the role of fentanyl in the country’s opioid crisis.