预防阿片类药物过量:关注芬太尼

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根据美国.S. 美国缉毒局(DEA)，占所有假药的42% 测试的药片含有潜在致命剂量的芬太尼. 致命剂量的芬太尼 can be as little as 2 mg, depending on a person’s body size, tolerance and past usage--that's 一滴雨滴或几粒盐. 

Fentanyl can be found in non-prescription 物质 purchased anywhere other than 一家药店. 贩毒者经常将芬太尼与其他药物混合，因为它更便宜 用芬太尼制造快感. 芬太尼可以粉末状，胶囊状， or can be pressed into counterfeit pills that are made to look like prescription opioids, such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®) and hydrocodone (Vicodin®); alprazolam (Xanax®); 或兴奋剂，如安非他明(Adderall®).  你还能在哪里找到芬太尼?

• 芬太尼有时与海洛因混在一起，但药效要强得多.
• Meth and cocaine are sometimes cut with fentanyl to reduce the cost of production.
• Many drug suppliers mix fentanyl with meth or oxy, and then add red, yellow or blue 食用色素制成一种叫做摇头丸的药丸.

As a result, people who use drugs can easily and unknowingly ingest a lethal dose 芬太尼的.

• 以下建议可以帮助你或你所爱的人避免阿片类药物过量:
  • 按医生的处方服药.
  • 没有服用更多的药物或服用比指示更频繁.
  • 不要将止痛药与酒精、安眠药或非法药物混合. 物质. 使用 different drugs together, including alcohol, increases your risk of overdose.
  • 不要吃别人的药.
  • Prevent children and pets from accidental ingestion by storing your medication out 接触不到的地方.
  • 处理 未使用药物安全.
• Anyone who uses drugs that may contain fentanyl, even occasionally, is at risk of 过量致死. 如果你选择使用毒品，你可以采取一些措施来减少 但这并不能消除你因芬太尼过量服用的风险:
  • 不要单独使用毒品. 找一个保持清醒并能监督你安全的人 如果你喝醉了.  
  • 得到 烯丙羟吗啡酮. Naloxone is an emergency medication that can reverse an overdose from heroin and 其他阿片类药物，包括芬太尼. 当你使用药物时，把纳洛酮放在其他地方 能找到吗?.
  • If you’ve used fentanyl or other 物质 in the past but have recently been sober, 你对这种药的耐受性可能下降了. 如果你选择再次使用，请注意 of potential changes in drug potency and start with a smaller dose than you might 过去用过吗.
  • 用芬太尼试纸测试你的药物. 

芬太尼试纸条可以检测芬太尼的存在. 然而，这很重要 要知道 阴性结果并不意味着没有芬太尼的存在. For example, fentanyl may exist in an untested area of a pill, or the pill may contain 一种不同的合成阿片类药物. 为了有效，芬太尼试纸需要 应按照说明使用，如 这些. 

• 芬太尼试纸可从以下渠道购买:

  亚马逊(在线订购)
  舞蹈安全 (网上订购)
  北科罗拉多健康联盟 (资源咨询电话:1-844-944-7529)
  科罗拉多州公共卫生和环境部 (《皇冠app官方版下载》内的接驳程序一览表)

• 芬太尼贴片也可以免费从

  北科罗拉多健康网络 (also known as NCAP, or Northern Colorado Access Point), located just off the UNC 大学:

  17街807号D套房
  格里利，CO 80631
  970-353-1177

  小鸟光 (免费试纸5条，鼓励捐赠)

Opioid overdose is life-threatening and requires immediate emergency attention. 这是 important 要知道 signs of a drug overdose vary depending on the substance the 用户摄取. 这是 not always obvious when someone is 用药, and a common misconception is that a person has to be obviously unconscious or in severe distress to have an 过量服用，但情况并非总是如此.

• In addition to being unconscious, there are several other signals of an overdose. 如果有人出现以下任何症状，请立即拨打911:
  • 他们的脸非常苍白，摸起来又湿又冷.
  • 他们的身体变得软弱无力.
  • 他们的指甲或嘴唇呈紫色或蓝色.
  • 他们开始呕吐或发出咯咯声.
  • 他们不能被唤醒或不能说话.
  • 他们的呼吸或心跳减慢、不正常或停止.

记住: It isn’t necessary for someone to be showing every symptom listed to be 用药--exhibiting 甚至一个症状都可能是服药过量的征兆.

• If you suspect someone is experiencing an opioid overdose, immediately consider the 以下行动可以拯救他们的生命:
  • 如果你在校园里，请致电皇冠app官方版下载警察局 970-351-2245 让急救人员提供医疗支援. 如果你不在学校，打电话 911.
  • 如果有的话给纳洛酮. 将Narcan®鼻腔喷雾剂喷入一个鼻孔或注射 肌注纳洛酮进入上臂或大腿.
  • If the person is not breathing, do rescue breathing (mouth-to-mouth) or CPR if you 知道如何.
  • 等两分钟让对方回应. 继续进行人工呼吸(或心肺复苏术) 训练). 如果病人在两分钟后没有反应，就给第二剂 纳洛酮的.
  • Lay the person on their side in the rescue position, so they do not choke if they 呕吐物.
  • 等待救援.

• 纳洛酮是纳洛酮®的通用名称.
• Naloxone (Narcan®) only works on opioids (such as heroin, fentanyl and prescription 止痛药)，但即使不存在阿片类药物，使用起来也是安全的.
• Anyone who needs 烯丙羟吗啡酮 can get it at participating pharmacies, without a prescription. This includes people at risk of 用药 and people who may witness someone else 用药.
• There are different ways to administer 烯丙羟吗啡酮—either as a 喷鼻剂 or 通过肌内注射.

For cases of emergency, nasal-spray 烯丙羟吗啡酮 doses have been placed in each AED (automatic 体外除颤器)装置位于皇冠app官方版下载校园内.
In an on-campus emergency, call UNC Police Department at 970-351-2245 to be guided 到你附近的AED，并开始与急救人员接触.