The opiate-related death rate in the state of Michigan reached an all time high in 2017 at over two thousand tragic deaths, up from five hundred deaths in 2007. As a result, local mental health and substance abuse treatment centers are trying to reach as many patients as possible and have decided to take opioid …
Read more Michigan Seeing Success Fighting Opioid Abuse in the Emergency Rooms
The opioid epidemic has hit all fifty states in the United States and now our neighbors in Canada are also reporting a serious spike in opioid related deaths, with more than 14,000 in the last four years and more than 17,000 hospitalizations during the same period of time. The biggest problem seems to be fentanyl, …
At Advanced Rapid Detox, we are always searching for ways that enhance the treatment process for our detox patients. Often times for many of our patients, it’s the first step of the recovery process that is the hardest. They understand that fear and pain make up a large portion of their time. At Advanced Rapid …
Read more Company Testing New Device to Help Cut Down on Opioid Withdrawal
At Advanced Rapid Detox, our priority is our clients here in the United States, but we feel that it is important to take notice of how opioid use is impacting poor countries around the world. This epidemic is not just happening here locally. It’s a crisis that is happening all over the world. Medication is …
The current opioid crisis is one that is well-documented, but recently studies have shown that the country is not just fighting opioid dependency on one front, but on four. In addition, different areas of the country are affected by different aspects of the crisis. The four main areas of the opioid crisis as a whole …
Read more Opioid Overdose Map Shows US is Fighting Epidemic on Multiple Fronts
They say that these days there is an app for everything. Programmers have now worked with a research organization in order to develop a betting game that can help predict the likelihood of someone who is undergoing opioid addiction therapy relapsing and using opioids once again. The App Helps to Evaluate How Likely a Patient …
The Governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, has announced that for the first time since 2009, the number of people who suffered an opioid related death per year has fallen. The number of people who died in 2017 in New York because of an opioid overdose was 2,170. The number of people who died …
Read more New York Seeing First Drop in Opioid Overdose Deaths Since 2009
A company in California has come under criticism for its plan to use prison inmates with alcohol and drug related problems as ‘human guinea pigs’ for its unique opioid dependency recovery program. Following criticism from a number of parties, the program has now been halted. The novel scheme was launched by the Louisiana Department of …
Read more Some Doctors Are Objecting to Plan to Help Inmates Fight Opioid Addiction