TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Notes from the field: increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths - Rhode Island, November 2013-March 2014
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Mercado-Crespo, Melissa C.
A1  - Sumner, Steven A.
A1  - Spelke, M. Bridget
A1  - Sugerman, David E.
A1  - Stanley, Christina
SP  - 531
EP  - 531
VL  - 63
IS  - 24
N2  - During November 2013-March 2014, twice as many all-intent drug overdose deaths were reported in Rhode Island as were reported during the same period in previous years. Most deaths were among injection-drug users, and a large percentage involved fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times more potent than morphine. Clusters of fentanyl-related deaths have been reported recently in several states. From April 2005 to March 2007, time-limited active surveillance from CDC and the Drug Enforcement Administration identified 1,013 deaths caused by illicit fentanyl use in New Jersey; Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Acetyl fentanyl, an illegally produced fentanyl analog, caused a cluster of overdose deaths in northern Rhode Island in 2013.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -