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posted by martyb on Wednesday May 04 2016, @04:27PM   Printer-friendly
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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 05 2016, @12:29AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 05 2016, @12:29AM (#341849) Journal

    " As if you can presume to know God's will."

    Yeah, well, I have that same problem with all the self-proclaimed men of God running about, attempting to legislate morality. Who was it that imposed the prohibitions on us? Yeah, the so-called "Moral Majority". Instead of allowing some dopehead to find his own highway to hell, the dopehead has to be imprisoned for decades.

    There is no shortage of people who presume to know God's will - and you sound like yet another.

    "Pretending that god wants someone to suffer so you can ignore their suffering is blasphemy."

    That's cute. Typical maternal attitude. I'm a father though, and I'm perfectly aware that suffering can make a person into a BETTER person. Mothers in general abhor any kind of suffering, while good fathers know that a little pain, sweat, and discomfort tend to build character. Who am I, who are you, to deny someone's self-imposed suffering?

    Might I remind you that God imposes LIFE on all of us? Life is but a temporary testing ground, after all. What you see is not what God judges, after all. If you believe in God, anyway.

        But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10

    "When He has tried me". What does that mean? "Tried me". Think about it.

    Do you presume to interfere in other people being "tried"?

    Theology, philosophy, and ethics are deeper subjects than most people have ever even tried to fathom. Maybe life isn't so simple as you thought?

    --
    “I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
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