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Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs

from HealthDay via Medical Xpress

Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs HealthDay via Medical Xpress Americans have long known that there's an epidemic of opioid abuse and deaths in the United States. But a new report suggests the true extent of these tragedies has been underestimated. The study, from researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, finds that one in every six deaths attributed to sudden cardiac arrest among San Franciscans between 2011 and 2017 may, in fact, have been triggered by a drug overdose. READ MORE

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