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Illicit Drug Use, Illicit Drug Use Disorders, and Drug Overdose Deaths in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas -- United States [PDF]

Problem/Condition: Drug overdoses are a leading cause of injury death in the United States, resulting in approximately 52,000 deaths in 2015. Understanding differences in illicit drug use, illicit drug use disorders, and overall drug overdose deaths in ...

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Effect of developmental changes on pharmacokinetics of drugs used in the treatment of infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia—A comprehensive review

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
While the event‐free survival (EFS) of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) has improved greatly in the last decades, the EFS for patients diagnosed with ALL before the age of one is still under 50%. This outcome further decreases when infants have a rearrangement in the gene encoding histone‐lysine N‐methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A ...
Tirsa de Kluis, Leiah J. Brigitha, Lidwien M. Hanff, Alwin D. R. Huitema, Inge M. van der Sluis, Meta H. M. Diekstra   +5 more
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Impact of neighborhood-level COVID-19 mortality on the increase in drug overdose mortality in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic

Injury Epidemiology
Background Overdose mortality increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is unclear to what extent the COVID-19 mortality had contributed to this increase at the neighborhood level. Methods This was an ecological study based on New York
Wuraola Olawole, Guohua Li, Ziqi Zhou, Zhixing Wu, Qixuan Chen   +4 more
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Zuranolone: A case study in (regulatory) rush to judgement?

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Sage, in collaboration with Biogen, submitted a new drug approval for zuranolone for postpartum depression (PPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) in December 2022. In August 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration granted approval for PPD but denied approval for MDD.
Lisa Cosgrove, Milutin Kostic, Barbara Mintzes, Gianna D'Ambrozio, Allen Shaughnessy   +4 more
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Who feels safe calling 911: are prior experiences of anti-Black racial discrimination associated with hesitancy seeking emergency medical services in the event of accidental drug overdose? – a study protocol

Annals of Medicine
Background Racial discrimination is associated with health disparities among Black Americans, a group that has experienced an increase in rates of fatal drug overdose.
O. Trent Hall, Candice Trimble, Stephanie Garcia, Sydney Grayson, Lucy Joseph, Parker Entrup, Oluwole Jegede, Jose Perez Martel, Jeanette Tetrault, Myra Mathis, Ayana Jordan   +10 more
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Acute toxicity of ADB‐CHMINACA ‐ a case series of patients with pronounced central nervous symptoms including the posterior reversible encephalopathic syndrome

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim This report presents a series of 16 patients who were admitted to the emergency department following confirmed intake of the potent synthetic cannabinoid ADB‐CHMINACA. Methods The cases are drawn from a prospective observational study following the recreational use of synthetic cannabinoids.
Maren Hermanns‐Clausen, Michaela Sommer, Annette Zschiesche, Verena Angerer, Martin Scheu, Florian Eyer, Johannes Nadler, Volker Auwärter   +7 more
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Estimating changes in overdose death rates from increasing methamphetamine supply in Ohio: Evidence from crime lab data

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: We investigate the relationship between the supply of methamphetamine and overdose death risk in Ohio. Ohio and the overall US have experienced a marked increase in overdose deaths from methamphetamine combined with fentanyl over the last ...
Daniel Rosenblum, Jeffrey Ondocsin, Sarah G. Mars, Dennis Cauchon, Daniel Ciccarone   +4 more
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Applying machine learning to pharmacovigilance data: A proof‐of‐concept study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Machine learning (ML) applications in pharmacovigilance remain limited and underexplored. Using data from the French National pharmacovigilance database (FNPV), this proof‐of‐concept study aimed to assess the feasibility of using a ML algorithm—eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost)—combined with SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis, to ...
Romain Barus, Pauline Schiro, Jean‐Luc Faillie, Romane Freppel, Johana Béné, Claire de Canecaude, François Montastruc   +6 more
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Development of a nalmefene formulation suitable for a community‐use auto‐injector

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Time to onset of reversal is critical when treating opioid‐induced respiratory depression and hypoxia. This study aimed to develop a formulation of the opioid antagonist nalmefene with an increased absorption rate and reduced time to onset of reversal following intramuscular administration. Methods Several absorption enhancers were screened in rats,
Alessandra Cipriano, Manjunath S. Shet, Hugh Huang, Ronnie Ortiz, Garth T. Whiteside, Glen Apseloff, Stephen C. Harris   +6 more
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Characteristics of Suicides Caused by Drug Overdose in the State of Maryland

Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2015
Suicidal drug overdose is a major public health issue. In the United States, every year more than 33,000 people commit suicides. Our study focused on the characteristics of suicide victims in the state of Maryland.
Ling Li, Xinbiao Liao, Guozhong Zhang, Daming Sun, Tiantong Yang, Keming Yun, Rebecca Phipps, Xiang Zhang, Mary G Ripple, David Fowler   +9 more
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