Opiate Use & Opioid Overdose: Causes, Dependency, Effects on Body, Symptoms & Recovery
This week we're talking all about opioids, opiate use and opiate overdoses. It's no secret that opiates have become a national pandemic, and opiate abuse can be a very real and very scary real life situation for many. Opioids are not necessarily something new, but the over prescribing and access to opioids have become a concerning problem for this country. In this video, we're diving into how opiates or opioids affect the body, the symptoms and causes of opiate overdose, how we treat opiate overdose, how to recover from opiate addiction, and so much more. So if you find yourself asking "are opiates safe?" or "is it safe to take opiates?" this video may be an important video for you to watch. Have you had an experience with opiate addiction or dependency on opiates? Let us know in the comments.
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Alok Patel is a pediatric hospitalist, medical journalist, on-camera expert, producer, and devotee of creative, engaging science communication tactics. He currently serves as the Faculty Director of Communications for the Department of Pediatrics. Through this role, he helps coordinate creative media strategies for awareness, education, advocacy, recruitment and more.
Cedric “Jamie” Rutland, M.D., is triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care. He completed medical school and an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa and then moved to Kansas where he completed his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowships at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Among other things, Dr. Rutland is an expert in asthma, COPD, ILD, EBUS, Navigational Bronchoscopy, and vaping. He serves Orange County and Riverside, CA working for West Coast Lung.
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