Jorge R. Petit, MD’s Post

As overdose-related deaths show sharp signs of decline, it's more important than ever to advocate for safer healthcare alternatives. Between April 2023 and April 2024, overdose deaths declined by ~10% nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our Complete Care team is dedicated to providing comprehensive, patient-first care through the combination of holistic health solutions and plant-based medicine. By offering effective alternatives to harmful and addictive prescriptions, we aim to help patients lead safer, healthier lives. Learn more in The New York Times: https://lnkd.in/eGft6Ffy #AlternativeMedicine #HealthCare #HolisticHealth #PatientCare #IntegratedHealth #UtahHealth #opioids

#OverdosePrevention is more than just policy—it's about people. A recent study by Bethany Hedden-Clayton, Joe Cochran, The Never Alone Project, Jennifer J. Carroll, Alex Kral, Grant Victor, Erin Comartin, & Bradley Ray has uncovered the potential impact of involving drug suppliers in harm reduction efforts to mitigate overdose risks. The research suggests that with targeted training, these individuals can play a crucial role in promoting safer drug use practices within their communities. This approach highlights an innovative strategy to enhance overdose prevention and improve public health outcomes. As we continue to address the challenges of the overdose crisis, engaging all stakeholders in harm reduction could be a critical step forward. #HarmReduction #OverdosePrevention #PublicHealth #CommunitySafety 🙌 https://lnkd.in/egRDamgv

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, opioid overdose deaths decreased slightly from 2021 to 2022. Any number of deaths from opioid deaths is too many. While it is great that emergency personnel have naloxone to help save lives, it still takes them some time to get to the person experiencing the overdose. A NarStop™ in every business would be great to help save some of these people. Find out how you can help make that happen!   #InterventionASAP #harmreduction #EndTheCrisis #NarStop #AddictionAwareness #SaveLives #opioidoverdose #Naloxone https://lnkd.in/g-9EseYg

I'm sorry, but if you have read the Penington report, or any of the Penington reports for the last few years, you will be well aware that it is NOT people who live with chronic pain who are overdosing. Firstly, Australia does NOT have an overdose crisis. Never has had, and opioid overdoses have being FALLING since 2018. Since LONG BEFORE access to opioids were restricted. Secondly, those who are overdosing are NOT people who live with chronic pain. And for the org thats supposed to be advocating for us to be constantly warning of a problem that does not exist and causing anti-opioid stigma making life harder for those who live with constant, severe, pain, is...inappropriate. To say the least. But I guess thats when you get when there is no representation for people who live with severe chronic secondary pain, who rely on opioids for function and quality of life. Please, what are you suggesting? WHAT exactly is your plan? You say nothing. The point of this post is clearly to tie overdoses to chronic pain patients in readers minds. Nothing more, nothing LESS. You're adding to the stigma, for people who live with SEVERE chronic pain. Hardly prioritising our needs!

Oregon and BC's recent reversal of decrim efforts is a wrong-minded rejection of evidence-based policies in favor of increasingly politicized knee-jerk reactions to the ever-increasing public health threat of fentanyl-laced drugs. Harm reduction efforts save thousands of lives everyday, but need to include the provision of a regulated, quality-tested supply of opioids of known potency to stem overdose mortality, and community-based detox/treatment-on-demand to assist those ready, willing and able to take these first steps. As long as we maintain a criminal justice approach to this toxic drug public health crisis, we will continue to lose our brothers/sisters, sons/daughters, friends and loved ones by the 10s of thousands, and this should not be acceptable to anyone across any political spectrum.

National Fentanyl Prevention + Awareness Over 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Drugs may contain deadly levels of fentanyl + you wouldn't be able to see it, taste it, or smell it. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid 50 to 100X more potent than morphine + can cause negative health effects including trouble breathing, dizziness, or possible overdose. Fentanyl overdose death rates were highest for adults aged 26-39. EAPA Members, be sure to watch the webinar on Fentanyl at https://lnkd.in/gwHNUCmS. If you suspect someone is experiencing a fentanyl overdose, call 911 immediately. If available, administer naloxone. Stay with the person, try to keep them awake + breathing, turned to the side to prevent choking until the paramedics arrive.

Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final newly released federal figures. Over the last two decades, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has risen almost every year and continued to break annual records — making it the worst overdose epidemic in American history.   Clinicians can curb opioid abuse when they have access to knowledge that helps them simultaneously stop inappropriate drug-seeking behavior while continuing to help patients with valid medical needs. FDB provides the drug knowledge that enables providers to prescribe controlled substances in their normal workflow, keep patients safe and comply with state and federal laws.   Read the full story from The Associated Press: https://bit.ly/3TyQdSh | #OpioidEpidemic #MedSafety #DrugKnowledge #PatientFirst

FDB MedKnowledge clinical module categories: screening/detection, dosing/ordering, patient-facing, standard vocabularies/government, and reference. #OpioidEpidemic #MedSafety #DrugKnowledge #PatientFirst

Sharing this interesting article. The overall 14.5% decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths between 2023 and 2024 is a significant step forward, however communities with limited access to healthcare, harm reduction programs, or life saving treatments like naloxone are still seeing overdose deaths rise. These disparities in overdose fatalities reveal how structural inequities may continue to shape public health outcomes. Equity must be at the core of how we fight the opioid crisis. #OpioidCrisis #HealthcareDisparities #HealthEquity