The number of livers available for transplant from donors who overdosed has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic - via healthing_ca .DDWMeeting UNOSNews CanadasLifeline healthing health healthnews COVID19
The vast majority of accidental overdoses involve unknowingly taking fentanyl, an opioid that's 50 times stronger than heroin.
“When the pandemic began, we saw no decline in liver transplants, which seemed surprising since many surgeries were canceled or postponed,” Peter Lymberopoulos, lead author of the study said. “Sadly, a key reason seems to be a surge of organ donors who died from drug overdose.” The study also did not look into why more livers from overdose related deaths were available, but researchers speculated that pandemic-related socioeconomic stresses were a key in overdose deaths.
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