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Coroner: Bucks Inmate Died of Heart Failure During Heroin Withdrawal – Bucks County Courier Times

Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal – Bucks County Courier Times

Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal
Bucks County Courier Times
heroin withdrawal By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer Bucks County Courier Times. A 49-year-old Bensalem woman found dead inside her Bucks County prison cell suffered sudden cardiac death during heroin detoxification, according to the Bucks County coroner.

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St. Louis settles lawsuit over inmate’s heroin withdrawal death – STLtoday.com

St. Louis settles lawsuit over inmate's heroin withdrawal death
STLtoday.com
ST. LOUIS • The City of St. Louis this week settled a lawsuit that alleged that medical negligence and heroin withdrawal caused the death of a jail inmate. Isaac Bennett Jr. was jailed on July 23, 2007, and told a nurse that he was a heroin addict who

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Medina-area police to carry heroin overdose antidote – WKYC-TV

Medina-area police to carry heroin overdose antidote
WKYC-TV
They'll now carry the drug Narcan, a brand name for naloxone, in their cruisers to treat someone having a heroin overdose. Narcan is an inhaled medication that can reverse a heroin overdose within seconds, putting the patient into immediate withdrawal.

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Heroin Overdoses Up 800 Percent in Some Hospitals – WHAG

Heroin Overdoses Up 800 Percent in Some Hospitals
WHAG
We're seeing increased numbers of all the complications of heroin use: overdose, drug withdrawal, infections. This is more than we've ever seen before," said Potter. The heroin epidemic has gotten so bad, Valley Health hospitals report seeing a 500 to

Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

World: Battling Heroin in the Maldives – nytimes.com/video – The Maldives are known for being a tourist destination, but the nation of 1200 low islands in the Indian Ocean is also a place where an alarming number of y…