When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Health leaders say fentanyl testing change will save children ...

    www.aol.com/health-leaders-fentanyl-testing...

    A year before Hailey died of fentanyl poisoning, she survived another fentanyl overdose, but initial hospital testing did not screen for fentanyl, so it did not immediately reveal the drug in her ...

  3. How a friend’s death turned Colorado teens into anti-overdose ...

    www.aol.com/friend-death-turned-colorado-teens...

    He died of fentanyl poisoning at a friend’s house in December 2021. His friends say it was the first time he tried hard drugs. The memorial service was so packed people had to stand outside the ...

  4. Children have died from accidental fentanyl exposures. Here's ...

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/parents-help-protect-kids...

    But more recent reports have linked the drug to children and ... With a study noting that opioids like fentanyl were responsible for 52% of poisoning-related deaths of kids age 5 and under in 2018 ...

  5. Opioid overdose - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_overdose

    An opioid overdose is toxicity due to excessive consumption of opioids, such as morphine, codeine, heroin, fentanyl, tramadol, and methadone. [3] [5] This preventable pathology can be fatal if it leads to respiratory depression, a lethal condition that can cause hypoxia from slow and shallow breathing. [3]

  6. Fentanyl - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl

    In children, intranasal fentanyl is useful for the treatment of moderate and severe pain and is well tolerated. [41] Furthermore, a 2017 study suggested the efficacy of fentanyl lozenges in children as young as five, weighing as little as 13 kg. Lozenges are more inclined to be used as the child is in control of sufficient dosage, in contrast ...

  7. With overdose deaths rising, here's how to test drugs for ...

    www.aol.com/news/overdose-deaths-rising-heres...

    Fentanyl is often mixed with other drugs (including heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine) to increase potency, but it can be deadly. ... Test kits can help. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/ ...

  8. Exposing a child to fentanyl isn't always a crime in WA ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/exposing-child-fentanyl-isnt-always...

    When a child dies from an accidental or negligent drug exposure, prosecutors can file felony manslaughter charges. If they survive, prosecutors are unable to bring felony charges unless the ...

  9. Toxic encephalopathy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_encephalopathy

    Toxic encephalopathy is a neurologic disorder caused by exposure to neurotoxic organic solvents such as toluene, following exposure to heavy metals such as manganese, as a side effect of melarsoprol treatment for African trypanosomiasis, adverse effects to prescription drugs, or exposure to extreme concentrations of any natural toxin such as cyanotoxins found in shellfish or freshwater ...