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1/On this #OverdoseAwarenessDay - I'm sharing the story of one man our clinic mourned, a man we code-named "Jonah"
The severity of his addictions was matched his overwhelming candor in teaching us about them. Alcohol, opioids, loperamide, stimulants, on and on.
The severity of his addictions was matched his overwhelming candor in teaching us about them. Alcohol, opioids, loperamide, stimulants, on and on.
2/Although Jonah first presented to me as a patient with pain, potentially in need of opioids, early on he confessed to me that wasn't quite true.
Yes he did have pain, but more crucially he explained, he had many drug & alcohol problems.
Yes he did have pain, but more crucially he explained, he had many drug & alcohol problems.
3/Jonah was the 1st person rescued with naloxone I prescribed.
He lived many years that followed.
While we got illicit opioid use close to 0 with bupe/naloxone, he struggled with other substances & an underlying emotional/spiritual distress.
All of this he told us
He lived many years that followed.
While we got illicit opioid use close to 0 with bupe/naloxone, he struggled with other substances & an underlying emotional/spiritual distress.
All of this he told us
Itās #OverdoseAwarenessDay. As someone who started shooting heroin at 13, I have something to say to parents (a thread š§µ).
Itās never too early to start talking with your kids about drugs. The first time I took an opiate I was 8, heroin at 13. And no one suspected a thing.
Itās never too early to start talking with your kids about drugs. The first time I took an opiate I was 8, heroin at 13. And no one suspected a thing.
The strongest prevention? Modeling healthy ways to handle the sh*t life serves up. Start talking about emotional regulation early.
Donāt demand your children tell you anything. Instead, just share what you struggled with at their age.
#OverdoseAwarenessDay
Donāt demand your children tell you anything. Instead, just share what you struggled with at their age.
#OverdoseAwarenessDay
Educating our children about harm reduction is NOT enabling. Itās potentially saving lives.
I required my teenager to attend naloxone training even though he has no history with drugs. With fentanyl in the mix, one time can = death.
#OverdoseAwarenessDay
I required my teenager to attend naloxone training even though he has no history with drugs. With fentanyl in the mix, one time can = death.
#OverdoseAwarenessDay
It's International #OverdoseAwarenessDay.
Opioids are commonly used for the treatment of pain.
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Their non-medical use, prolonged use, misuse and use without medical supervision can lead to #opioidĀ dependence and other health problems.
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Opioids are commonly used for the treatment of pain.
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Their non-medical use, prolonged use, misuse and use without medical supervision can lead to #opioidĀ dependence and other health problems.
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Opioids include compounds extracted from the poppy seed as well as semisynthetic & synthetic compounds that can interact with #opioidĀ receptors in the š§ .
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#OpioidĀ overdose risk factors incl.:
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ā¦ļø using opioids without medical supervision
ā¦ļø high dosages
ā¦ļø resuming opioid use after an extended period of abstinence
ā¦ļø use by injection
ā¦ļø concurrent medical conditions
ā¦ļø combining with other substances/medicines
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ā¦ļø using opioids without medical supervision
ā¦ļø high dosages
ā¦ļø resuming opioid use after an extended period of abstinence
ā¦ļø use by injection
ā¦ļø concurrent medical conditions
ā¦ļø combining with other substances/medicines
Iāll cap #OverdoseAwarenessDay with this. Data show there was no correlation between Rx opioid dispensing and the drug overdose death rate in 38 states & D.C (represented by the dots) in 2018. The closer R-squared (R^2) is to 1, the stronger the correlation. Here R^2 is 0.00002.
0.00002 is VERY VERY far from 1, indicating that the Rx opioid dispensing rate from state to state had no effect on drug overdose numbers.
Explanation of the data: In simple linear regression, R-squared is known as the correlation coefficient, on a scale of 0-1, 1 being a perfect linear correlation and 0 being no correlation.
Effective early drug education is necessary to curb drug #overdose deaths. And no, I donāt mean DARE. I taught a univ. freshman seminar class and they go through a lesson on āsubstance abuseā and those 18 yr olds didnāt know sh*t about drugs. #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay
If thatās the representation of our teenage and young adults in the US, then we need to do more in middle school & high school to educate them about drugs, responsible medical use, and the risks of irresponsible or recreational drug use. Educate them rather than scare them str8.
We canāt look at the drug epidemic as a problem that will be solved overnight, or next year, or even in 5 years. We must invest more in educating the younger generations with basic information about drugs.
Today is International Overdose Awareness day.
Sharing some facts about opioid overdose (the most common cause of drug overdose morbidity and mortality):
1) About 2.1% of the Indian population uses recreational opioids (as per national survey 2019)
#Opioid
#OverdoseAwarenessDay
Sharing some facts about opioid overdose (the most common cause of drug overdose morbidity and mortality):
1) About 2.1% of the Indian population uses recreational opioids (as per national survey 2019)
#Opioid
#OverdoseAwarenessDay
2) There are around 8.5 Lakh people who inject drugs (PWID) in India. Opioids (heroin and buprenorphine) are the most common drugs used by PWID in India. PWID is a unique subpopulation of people who use drugs (PWUD), especially prone to opioid overdose.
3) Extramedical opioid use is associated with a risk of fatal opioid overdose. Worldwide, around 0.5 million deaths are attributable to drug use (~70% related to opioids, with more than 30% deaths caused by overdose).
Itās #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay. In America, the drug epidemic does not get enough attention from the media and our many public officials. Many ppl arenāt even aware of the fact that ~100k ppl died last year due to drug overdoses.
Even before #COVID19 came along and numbed us from every day death tolls, 200 ppl were dying each day from drug use in the US. Now that number is 250 ppl dying per day from drug overdoses. The first step to a solution is to recognize that there is a problem.
Today in honor of #OverdoseAwarenessDay , Iāll be posting a bunch of information about drug overdoses. Since I am from Florida, a lot of my data will be from Florida, but the sentiment of this huge problem applies to almost every large metro area in the US.
āIn recent years, we have seen synthetic opioids, such as illicitly manufactured fentanyl, drive many overdose deaths withĀ cocaine- and methamphetamine-related deaths also increasing at alarming rates.ā
#OverdoseAwarenessDay tomorrow.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ā¦
#OverdoseAwarenessDay tomorrow.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ā¦
āAs a Nation, we need a strong response to Americaās overdose epidemic and an investment in prevention, #harmreduction, treatment and recovery services, as well as strategies to reduce the supply of illicit drugs.ā
āā¦ by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 29 through September 4, 2021, as Overdose Awareness Week.ā
This evening's council meeting begins at 7pm. The full agenda package is available at calendar.wilmot.ca/default/Detailā¦. Watch the meeting live at youtube.com/channel/UCcA8fā¦, or follow along here š
Mayor Armstrong starts tonight's meeting. He asks to reflect on the political turmoil in Afghanistan, and the lives lost.
Coun Pfenning reads the land acknowledgement.
THREAD: On #OverdoseAwarenessDay, I'm thinking of all the OC families who have lost loved ones to addiction. Proportionately, opioid overdose deaths in OC far outpace those in LA, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Ventura counties. (1/x) latimes.com/socal/daily-piā¦
I worked with former Congressman & now Chief of Staff to President Trump, Mark Meadows, to pass legislation to strengthen the Office of National Drug Control Policy and improve supply and demand reduction programs ā but it's not enough (2/x)
At the federal, state, and local level, we must do everything in our power to stop this crisis in its tracks and prevent another generation from falling prey to opioids and other addictive substances (3/3)
From the archives:
"This is their space to take the next steps in their sober life. That's so important to us, and it would be so important to Sydney that they have a safe space."
#IOAD2020
#OverdoseAwarenessDay
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"This is their space to take the next steps in their sober life. That's so important to us, and it would be so important to Sydney that they have a safe space."
#IOAD2020
#OverdoseAwarenessDay
dispatch.com/news/20200306/ā¦
Another:
"I have a new sense of power, and I'm grateful to be who I am. I am proud of who I am. It's a struggle still every day ā some days are better than others ā but ... I grew in huge ways that I will get to carry with me forever."
dispatch.com/news/20190819/ā¦
"I have a new sense of power, and I'm grateful to be who I am. I am proud of who I am. It's a struggle still every day ā some days are better than others ā but ... I grew in huge ways that I will get to carry with me forever."
dispatch.com/news/20190819/ā¦
More hope:
"You canāt just lock people up and expect them to change. You have to do something. We just canāt do it like we always did.ā
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"You canāt just lock people up and expect them to change. You have to do something. We just canāt do it like we always did.ā
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Time for our daily @GovAndyBeshear Fear Beer!
@GovAndyBeshear says itās National #OverdoseAwarenessDay.
Overdoses have increased under his āleadershipā due to the damaging impacts of his arbitrary and reckless economic shutdown in Kentucky.
Overdoses have increased under his āleadershipā due to the damaging impacts of his arbitrary and reckless economic shutdown in Kentucky.
@GovAndyBeshear retells the story of how he āpulled a driver from a carā who was overdosing. We were about to predict he would say this but he was on it too fast.
@GovParsonMO As detailed by the gov after Greitens
sheer stupidity that truly frightens.
Show me incompetence:
Parsonās claims make no sense. His
feigned ignorance surely enlightens.
@BluebirdsofMO @classEireland
@EnglishTeach07 @jzikah
@LottaFightLeft @PhyllisMarion7
sheer stupidity that truly frightens.
Show me incompetence:
Parsonās claims make no sense. His
feigned ignorance surely enlightens.
@BluebirdsofMO @classEireland
@EnglishTeach07 @jzikah
@LottaFightLeft @PhyllisMarion7
@GovParsonMO @BluebirdsofMO @classEireland @EnglishTeach07 @jzikah @LottaFightLeft @PhyllisMarion7 Parsonās tweet makes it patently clear
Donaldās virus wonāt soon disappear.
As Mike plays it both ways
many eyebrows we raise.
His mixed messages ring insincere.
We can vote #LIBERTY,
or vote death ā we must #VOTE
like it impacts our breath. š·
š½ @nicolergalloway
ā°ļø @mikeparson
Donaldās virus wonāt soon disappear.
As Mike plays it both ways
many eyebrows we raise.
His mixed messages ring insincere.
We can vote #LIBERTY,
or vote death ā we must #VOTE
like it impacts our breath. š·
š½ @nicolergalloway
ā°ļø @mikeparson
@GovParsonMO @BluebirdsofMO @classEireland @EnglishTeach07 @jzikah @LottaFightLeft @PhyllisMarion7 @nicolergalloway @mikeparson County Hickoryās dithering dork to
instruct sex ed would draw a stork.
Science aināt his forte;
later victims will pay,
but at least heās an expert on pork.
So to no oneās amazement or shock every county went red on Mikeās clock.
#mogov š„ #GovernorArson
instruct sex ed would draw a stork.
Science aināt his forte;
later victims will pay,
but at least heās an expert on pork.
So to no oneās amazement or shock every county went red on Mikeās clock.
#mogov š„ #GovernorArson
