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DailyMed
DailyMed provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States and is the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts)
Medline Drugs, Herbs and Supplements
Learn about your prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines. Includes side effects, dosage, special precautions, and more. Browse dietary supplements and herbal remedies to learn about their effectiveness, usual dosage, and drug interactions.

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Provides drug and clinical information for multiple healthcare disciplines. Opening this link in an incognito browser will make sure it doesn't save cookies from a previous Lexi-Comp accession that might take you to the medical search screen.

Fentanyl: Accelerant of the Adolescent Opioid Crisis
In a 12-year period, fentanyl-related fatalities increased by 23.5-fold among youth, with fentanyl identified in 77.14% of adolescent overdose deaths by 2021, compared with 5.76% for prescription opioids and 2.27% for heroin.
First Responders' Views of Naloxone: Does Stigma Matter?
Prior work has suggested that first responders have mixed feelings about harm reduction strategies used to fight the opioid epidemic, such as the use of naloxone to reverse opioid overdose.
Who Receives Naloxone from Emergency Medical Services? Characteristics of Calls and Recent Trends
This study examines trends in
patient demographics and EMS response characteristics over time and by county urbanicity.

National Institute on Drug Abuse
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is the largest supporter of the world’s research on substance use and addiction. Part of the National Institutes of Health, NIDA conducts and supports biomedical research to advance the science on substance use and addiction and improve individual and public health. Look below for more information on drug use, health, and NIDA’s research efforts.
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is a nationwide study that provides up-to-date information on tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, mental health and other health-related issues in the United States.
Each year, NSDUH interviews approximately 70,000 people age 12 and older for this important study. The study results are released each Fall, and are used to inform public health programs and policies.