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Background Simultaneous exposure to both benzodiazepines and opioids can lead to synergistic respiratory depression, complicating overdose management. Our objective was to report on the detection of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops. Sometimes called “gas station heroin,” the products are usually marketed as energy shots or cognitive supplements but actually contain tianeptine, an unapproved drug that can be addictive and carries risks of serious side effects.

Fentanyl and its analogs (fentalogs) are increasingly contributing to opioid overdoses and deaths across the United States. Since 2017, ToxIC sites have reported multiple case data of such overdoses i...

View substances detected in samples from patients experiencing a suspected opioid-involved overdose.

The ‘illicit and dangerous’ synthetic opioid has been found in fake pain medication, as GPs ramp up calls for pill testing to be expanded.

In this large international data registry, we identified predictors of ventricular dysrhythmia in patients presenting to the ED after overdose in the setting of severe QTc prolongation.

The opioid epidemic has led to a form of drug abuse that few experts saw coming: the use of Imodium and other anti-diarrhea medications to get high.

In this large international data registry, we identified predictors of ventricular dysrhythmia in patients presenting to the ED after overdose in the setting of severe QTc prolongation.