Personal Drug Diversion of Narcotics by Physicians:

Preventing Prescription Drug Diversion.

THE FACTS In 2013, more than 43,900 Americans died from drug overdose. Prescription drugs contributed to most of those deaths. Opioid pain relievers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone were involved in more than 16,000 of those deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). Approximately 46 Americans die every day from drug overdoses (Jones, Mack, & Paulozzi, 2013). Opi...

Outbreak of hepatitis C virus infection associated with narcotics diversion by an hepatitis C virus-infected surgical technician.

BACKGROUND Drug diversion by health care personnel poses a risk for serious patient harm. Public health identified 2 patients diagnosed with acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who shared a common link with a hospital. Further investigation implicated a drug-diverting, HCV-infected surgical technician who was subsequently employed at an ambulatory surgical center. METHODS Patients at the ...

Opioid therapy and prescription drug diversion.

medico-legal investigation of narcotics & other drug involved deaths

today narcotics and other drugs have become the major cause of poisoning in big cities of iran. typical study of 50 drug-related deaths caused by use of narcotics, phenobarbital, tricyclic antiderpressants, meprobamate, aspirin, diazepam, chloropromazine, phenytoin, carbamazepine and propranolole, alone or with other drugs and toxic substances is described. this study covered the following topi...

Intrathecal and epidural narcotics.

This paper presents an overall review of epidural and intrathecal narcotics. The early laboratory studies and initial clinical applications are presented. This is followed by a description of the mechanism of action of narcotics acting both intrathecally and epidurally, and some of the similarities and differences between narcotics and local anesthetic drugs. Technique, dosages, indications, an...