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from the Antidiarrheal-overdose?-Oh,-crap! dept.
NPR is reporting on the latest drug scare, involving an over-the-counter antidiarrheal drug that is being used for its opioid-like effects by addicts:
Some people addicted to oxycodone and other opioids are now turning to widely available diarrhea medications to manage their withdrawal symptoms or get high. The results can be dangerous to the heart — and sometimes fatal — warn toxicologists in a study [open, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.03.047] recently published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
The researchers describe two case studies where people who were addicted to opioids tried to ease their withdrawal symptoms by taking many times the recommended dose of loperamide, a drug commonly used treat diarrhea. Both patients died.
"Because of its low cost, ease of accessibility and legal status, it's a drug that is very, very ripe for abuse," says lead author William Eggleston, a doctor of pharmacy and fellow in clinical toxicology at the Upstate New York Poison Center, which is affiliated with SUNY Upstate Medical University.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 04 2016, @06:21PM
You aren't very bright, are you?
What talking about helping people who have survived suicide to prevent further suicide attempts of course survival rates are pertinent.
Its like you hit on a keyword and turned off your brain.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 04 2016, @07:39PM
The people who did not fail to commit suicide on their first attempt are more likely to have taken the whole thing more seriously. There are several reasons they could fail in ways that cause selection bias, survival instinct at the 11th hour and they now realize they can not go through with it or staging it as a cry for attention for example.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 05 2016, @04:57AM
What do you mean "help"? Save them from themselves? Self-sovereignty means you can do anything with your own life, including end it. Suicide is a fundamental human right.