Postmortem toxicology findings from the Camden Opioid Research Initiative
Dara M. Kusic,
Jessica Heil,
Stefan Zajic
et al.
Abstract:The United States continues to be impacted by decades of an opioid misuse epidemic, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and by the growing prevalence of highly potent synthetic opioids (HPSO) such as fentanyl. In instances of a toxicity event, first-response administration of reversal medications such as naloxone can be insufficient to fully counteract the effects of HPSO, particularly when there is co-occurring substance use. In an effort to characterize and study this multi-faceted problem, the Camden Opioid R… Show more
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