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Attitudes and knowledge about naloxone and overdose prevention among detained drug users in Ningbo, China

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2012
Background To date there has been limited research on both the prevalence of overdose and drug user knowledge about overdose prevention and response methods in China.
Liu Yu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of a national naloxone programme on ambulance attendance at overdose incidents: a controlled time-series analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background and Aims: It has been suggested that distributing naloxone to people who inject drugs (PWID) will lead to fewer attendances by emergency medical services at opioid-related overdose incidents if peer administration of naloxone was perceived ...
Ashworth   +29 more
core   +2 more sources

Trends in Dermatopolymyositis Mortality, 1999–2022: A Nationwide Population‐Based Study, United States

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
We report the national burden of dermatopolymyositis mortality over the past quarter century using the US national vital statistics data. Age‐standardized mortality rates for dermatopolymyositis decreased at an annual rate of 3.8% each year, which was higher than the annual percent decrease for deaths from all other causes.
Elizabeth Matz, Ram R. Singh
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between tracheal intubation and the drugs used by patients with drug overdose due to self-harm

open access: yesJournal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, 2022
Background Tracheal intubation may be performed in patients with drug overdose due to self-harm; however, the details of the causative drug are unknown.
Kazuki Nagashima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid Addiction 2016 Facts & Figures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
National Opioid Overdose Epidemic* Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US, with 55,403 lethal drug overdoses in 2015. Opioid addiction is driving this epidemic, with 20,101 overdose deaths related to prescription pain relievers,

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Long‐Term Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study From the Veterans Health Administration

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of long‐term opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed long‐term opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slaying the Dragon: How the Law Can Help Rehab a Country in Crisis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Motor-vehicle-related deaths consistently topped the accidental death count in the United States for decades. In 2009, for the first time, drug poisoning took over as the number one accidental killer.
Kopf, Samantha
core   +1 more source

Exploring patients’ profiles associated with the resolution of acute calcium pyrophosphate arthritis treatedwith colchicine and prednisone: post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective The objective was to identify factors determining acute arthritis resolution and safety with colchicine and prednisone in acute calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis. Methods We conducted a post hoc analysis of the COLCHICORT trial, which compared colchicine and prednisone for the treatment of acute CPP crystal arthritis, using a ...
Tristan Pascart   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk of Overdose-Related Death for People with A History of Incarceration

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Introduction Epidemiologic studies have shown that people released from correctional facilities are at substantially increased risk of overdose-related death compared with the general population.
Wenqi Gan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid Analgesic Prescribing Practices of Dental Professionals in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The prescription of opioid analgesics by dental professionals is widespread in the United States. Policy makers, government agencies, and professional organizations consider this phenomenon a growing public health concern.
Okunseri, Christopher   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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