{"id":244046,"date":"2024-07-16T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/people-at-risk-of-overdose-could-be-fitted-with-an-anti-opioid-implant\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:37","slug":"people-at-risk-of-overdose-could-be-fitted-with-an-anti-opioid-implant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/people-at-risk-of-overdose-could-be-fitted-with-an-anti-opioid-implant\/","title":{"rendered":"People at risk of overdose could be fitted with an anti-opioid implant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Drug overdose deaths have soared in North America over the past two decades<\/p>\n

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A pacemaker-like device that is implanted under the skin and automatically releases an antidote when it detects an opioid overdose could save lives, its designers claim.<\/p>\n

The implant has already been successfully tested in pigs. \u201cIn general, we observe that overdoses treated with the [device] are much less severe, with minimal lasting effects to overall health,\u201d John Rogers<\/a> at Northwestern University in Illinois and his colleagues write in their paper.<\/p>\n

In the past two decades, the number of deaths from drug overdoses has\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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