Prevention of drug diversion and substance use disorders among anesthesiologists: a narrative review [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2023 Diversion of substances from the care of the intended patient is a significant problem in healthcare. Patients are harmed by the undertreatment of pain and suffering, transmission of disease, as well as the risk associated with impaired vigilance ...
Michael G. Fitzsimons +4 more
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Prevalence and correlates of prescription drug diversion and misuse among people living with HIV in the eThekwini district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundPrescription drug diversion, and misuse has increased over the past decade and is notably in high-income-countries and significantly contributes to the opioid epidemic.
Buyisile Chibi +2 more
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Evaluating police drug diversion in England: protocol for a realist evaluation [PDF]
Health & Justice, 2023 There is increasing international interest in the use of police drug diversion schemes that offer people suspected of minor drug-related offences an educative or therapeutic intervention as an alternative to criminalisation.
Alex Stevens +10 more
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Aust Prescr, 2015 Prescription drug diversion has significant health, legal and social implications. Deaths from misuse of prescription drugs account for a significant proportion of overdose deaths. The drugs most commonly involved are analgesics, particularly opioids, and psychoactive drugs, particularly benzodiazepines.
Wood D.
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Prescription drug diversion, misuse, and abuse among people living with HIV: a scoping review protocol [PDF]
Systematic Reviews, 2020 Background Prescription drugs are controlled medicines due to their potential risks of being diverted, misused, and abused. Since the introduction of antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs, HIV is currently regarded as a chronic condition.
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The “Black Box” of Prescription Drug Diversion [PDF]
Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2009 A variety of surveys and studies are examined in an effort to better understand the scope of prescription drug diversion and to determine whether there are consistent patterns of diversion among various populations of prescription drug abusers. Data are drawn from the RADARS System, the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, the Delaware School Survey,
James A Inciardi +2 more
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Somebody’s going to emergency, somebody’s going to jail: pre-booking diversion and officer discretion [PDF]
Health & JusticeBackground The opioid use epidemic has resulted in dramatic increases in drug overdoses and deaths. Traditional criminal justice approaches to drug use focus on making arrests to deter individuals from engaging in criminal behavior.
Kyle McLean +3 more
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“It didn’t hurt me”: patients’ and providers’ perspectives on unsupervised take-home doses, drug diversion, and overdose risks in the provision of medication for opioid use disorder during COVID-19 in San Juan, Puerto Rico [PDF]
Harm Reduction JournalBackground During the COVID−19 pandemic, clinics offering medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) needed to rapidly introduce unsupervised take−home dosing, while relapsing patients and patients unable to enter treatment faced increased risks of ...
Roberto Abadie, Celia B. Fisher
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Detecting drug diversion in health-system data using machine learning and advanced analytics [PDF]
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2022 Sharon Murphy Enright +1 more
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Correction: Evaluating police drug diversion in England: protocol for a realist evaluation [PDF]
Health & Justice, 2023 Alex Stevens +10 more
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