When local medical students began researching local opioid overdoses, they found some surprising information.
They found that between 2011 and 2018 the people who overdosed and were treated at Southeast Health in Dothan were on average between the ages of 60 and 69.
People are also reading… There is, however, an antidote for opioid overdoses, and it’s a simple nasal spray called Narcan. Parker, a member of Alabama’s opioid task force, said the kits were made possible by a grant initiative through the Jefferson County Department of Public Health and the state’s opioid task force.
Opioids can cause dangerous side effects such as slow, shallow breathing as well as a weak pulse and low blood pressure. The drugs can also have dangerous interactions with other medications like diazepam, or Valium, as well as Xanax or Klonopin. Heroin is an illegal opioid, and illegal fentanyl has been found laced with other illegal street drugs – a mixture that may be unknown to the user. Illegal fentanyl has become a cheap additive because it takes so little to produce a high. Parker said some users don’t know about the fentanyl-laced drugs while others will seek those drugs out.
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