Researchers across the country are noticing an increased presence of life-threatening xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, that is frequently showing up in the nation’s illicit opioid… Read more
Category: addiction
FDA approval of over-the-counter Narcan is an important step in the effort to combat the U.S. opioid crisis
On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan for over-the-counter sale. Narcan is the 4-milligram nasal spray version of naloxone, a medication that can… Read more
UPMC Trial for Safer Pain Management for Trauma Patients
Fentanyl is widely recognized as a highly potent and deadly street drug, accounting for countless overdose deaths in the ongoing opioid epidemic, but it does… Read more
Pitt Receives NIH Grant to Study Harm Reduction Techniques
The University of Pittsburgh was recently awarded a grant funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study harm reduction approaches for people who… Read more
New Mental Health Crisis Hotline Launches; Local UPMC Crisis Facility Here to Help
A new three-digit number suicide prevention lifeline launched nationally on July 16. The phone number 9-8-8 is now in place to address suicidal, mental health,… Read more