More than 1,500 children died from fentanyl in 2021, according to a new JAMA report, 30 times more than in 2013.
A new report from the Journal of American Medicine Pediatric Edition shows that since 2021, 40 infants and nearly 100 children aged between 1 and 4 died from a fentanyl overdose.A new report from the Journal of American Medicine Pediatric Edition shows that since 2021, 40 infants and nearly 100 children aged between 1 and 4 died from a fentanyl overdose.Two of those deaths in the last year were at the Providence St. Joseph Emergency Room in Burbank.
In one of those cases, in which a 2-year-old survived, Campen said "the child was crawling on the floor and picked up a pill that was on the floor and put it in their mouth." In another case where a toddler survived, Dr. Campen said the child brushed up against a fentanyl patch their grandparent was using for pain.
"I’m shocked. I’m absolutely appalled, and I’m horrified to see the kind of data that is now nationally available in this publication," said Dr. Sam Torbati, Director of the Cedar Sinai Emergency Department. Both doctors acknowledged that patients have the right to request a non-childproof medicine bottle when filling prescriptions, but Dr. Campen said when it comes to opioids and fentanyl the non-childproof containers are "a huge problem."
Campen said a patient can request a non-childproof top at a pharmacy, but both doctors said maybe it should be required when it comes to opioids. Meanwhile, DrTorbati said that "we absolutely as adults, as parents, as guardians, we absolutely must protect our children. We have to be aware of medications where we put them... where they land."All the news you need to know, every day
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Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021More than 5,000 children and teens have died from overdoses involving fentanyl in the past two decades, according to data published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021More than 5,000 children and teens have died from overdoses involving fentanyl in the past two decades, according to data published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021More than 5,000 children and teens have died from overdoses involving fentanyl in the past two decades, according to data published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021More than 5,000 children and teens have died from overdoses involving fentanyl in the past two decades, according to data published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021More than 5,000 children and teens have died from overdoses involving fentanyl in the past two decades, according to data published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021More than 5,000 children and teens have died from overdoses involving fentanyl in the past two decades, according to data published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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