Children Are Being Poisoned At Alarming Rate By Opioid Addiction Med
- 6 years ago
Between 2007-2016, more than 11,200 poison control calls were made about children's exposure to buprenorphine.
According to CNN, that's a 215% rise in less than twenty years.
Buprenorphine is an opioid medication used to treat adults for opioid use disorder.
86% of the exposures were in children below the age of 6. 89% of the exposures were unintentional.
Another recent study that found the number of opioid overdoses among children had nearly doubled since 2004.
According to CNN, that's a 215% rise in less than twenty years.
Buprenorphine is an opioid medication used to treat adults for opioid use disorder.
86% of the exposures were in children below the age of 6. 89% of the exposures were unintentional.
Another recent study that found the number of opioid overdoses among children had nearly doubled since 2004.