At least 80% of opioid overdoses aren’t fatal. How do they affect the brain?
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30 August 2021At least 80% of opioid overdoses aren’t fatal. How do they affect the brain?
An opioid overdose isn’t a death sentence. In fact, estimates indicate that in the United States, only 4% to 18% of opioid overdoses that are treated in a hospital or pre-hospital setting—such as an ambulance or someone’s home—actually kill the patient. But there’s a lot that scientists still don’t know about what nonfatal overdoses do to the brain.
