Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta
@nabarund
Street drug scientist + activist💥 @UNCpublichealth @RemedyAlliance Abandoning Twitter for http://OpioidDataLab.ghost.io newsletter
New analysis of overdose mortality, which has been dropping in most states since 2022-23. Surprisingly, 19 states are now near or below 2020 baseline. But, not celebrating because too many people we love are still being harmed and dying. Our deep dive linked below
"We are on track to return to levels of [fatal] #overdose before #fentanyl emerged [...] After all this time, this is what we've been hoping for [...] It's a clear #publichealth improvement no matter how you measure it." - #FOREgrantee @nabarund, @UNC npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-…
Let’s proactively prevent a problem. @NCMedBoard and @BambooHLTH would be great to pause flagging out-of-town Rxs in NC so doctors can prescribe to WNC refugees without fearing the algorithm.
@NCMedBoard and @BambooHLTH: For those affected by hurricane, would you consider temporarily halting the following red flags for providers who Rx and pts who get controlled substances? Distance from pt to pharm/provider, # of pharm, # of prescribers, overlapping Rx? Thank you!
Bad training data in, bad generative AI out. Retraining Gemini beyond me—though maybe a fine tuned smaller LLM /RAG for drug use. And still want g to train model to recognize patterns for real-time drug checking purposes!
Tried #stablediffusion to generate images of drug users. Wanted to see how stigmatizing the images would be. I guess the machines are too young to do drugs. @wolfenyc is this another topic for you?
I am sharing again our recent newsletter - our efforts to better understand suicide in pain continue but recent events mean we need help. Feel free to DM me with any questions
News📰 Our research team continues its work to learn how best to prevent suicides of Veterans and non-Veterans with pain. People have asked how they can support the work. We answer that with the story of "Cy", an amazing recruitment leader, in our latest newsletter: 1/
🚨 INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PRACTICING MEDICINE 🚨 A pain patient just shared this shocking message: "My pain doc got a letter from UMR/UHC warning that if he keeps prescribing me opioids, they might pull his privileges—because I also take benzos.I've been on these meds for…
Really looking forward to kicking off our four-part spring series, "New Drugs and New Markets." Join us on March 13th 3-5pm EST for our Keynote @nabarund and our first panel discussion with @jaimeASL, Traci Green, Alex Krotulski, and me! Register: bit.ly/NewDrugs1
Thread: President Trump explained his tariffs in part by pointing to the carnage caused by #fentanyl. That's my area of expertise so here's my fact-check of the White House fact sheet released today. 1/ whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/20…
The money machine of treatment providers x political power. So shady!!
Thanks, Nab. From what I am being told - if this resolution passes, then they will take that to a local representative to try to get a bill created. I don’t think the resolution itself would do anything other than show the local legislators that people want it banned.
Anyone know what the legislative process would be for a NC county to move to ban kratom? Details from @Drptforum youtu.be/MSJGB54z-Ys
Newly detected drugs, BTMPS receptors, Captagon, fentanyl and coke in marine animals, highdose naloxone, Remedy Alliance data, application for people with lived experience opioiddatalab.ghost.io/december-newsl…
Here are the 9 new substances we detected in street drugs in November 2024. N-cyclohexyl butylone; desalkylquazepam; sertraline; tryptamine; chlorcyclizine; desalkylgidazepam; ethyl 4-anilinopiperidine-1-carboxylate; deoxymethoxetamine; brorphine opioiddatalab.ghost.io/recent-drugs-n…
"FORE has carved out a role for itself as the only national private foundation that makes #prevention and #treatment of #opioid use disorder its sole focus. FORE aims to educate providers, advance policy and seek out and support innovative solutions." insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-are-f…
“And I will point out to my beloved community of folks living with chronic pain: This model largely ignores your plight. And yet it still accurately predicts the decline in overdose today. Why? Because by the middle of the first decade of the 2000s, it was not patients in chronic…
Meet the only model that predicted the current drop in overdose deaths buff.ly/4f7M8NK
Meet the only model that predicted the current drop in overdose deaths buff.ly/4f7M8NK
Why do US chemists use different names for street drugs than the rest of the world? Here's 3 examples from new detections in October: N-desalkylflurazepam = norfludiazepam etodesnitazene = etazene phenazolam = clobromazolam Explanation in our newsletter buff.ly/3B9ngHl
More data on the harms of rapid opioid reduction and its association with suicide etc..
@LynnRWebsterMD @US_Pain @ChadDKollas @StefanKertesz @speakingabtpain @CMerandi @nabarund @BarbyIngle Please RT: CATO Institute has scheduled a panel discussion on "pain refugees" for December 3, 2024. You may register here: cato.org/events/pain-re…
Drug overdose deaths may be decreasing — but not for everyone salon.com/2024/10/05/ove… with quotes from @nabarund @DanCiccarone @RNBluthenthal