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Co-involvement of Opioids in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants.

NCHS data brief, 2021
Deaths from drug overdose continue to contribute to the public health burden in the United States (1). The increase in the rate of drug overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants has been well-documented in recent years (1-4).
H. Hedegaard, A. Miniño, M. Warner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Homeless drug users' awareness and risk perception of peer "Take Home Naloxone" use – a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND Peer use of take home naloxone has the potential to reduce drug related deaths. There appears to be a paucity of research amongst homeless drug users on the topic.
A Edwards, A Jones, B Powis, D Best, D Bigg, Department of Health, H Joffe, HMSO, J Fountain, J Strang, J Strang, K Dettmer, Katharine Francis, Lesley Jones, M Gossop, N Wright, N Wright, Nat Wright, Nicola Oldham, NMAC, NS Oldham, O Renn, PT O' Driscoll, S Darke, SR Lenton, T Beswick, T Greenhalgh, World Health Organisation   +27 more
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Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality in Ohio During the First 7 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Network Open, 2021
This cross-sectional study uses data from the Ohio Department of Health to evaluate trends in drug overdose mortality in that state by type of drug and user age during the first 7 months of the COVID-19 epidemic.
J. Currie, Molly Schnell, H. Schwandt, Jonathan Zhang   +3 more
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Trends and Geographic Patterns in Drug and Synthetic Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2019

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021
Deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (synthetic opioids), which largely consist of illicitly manufactured fentanyl; psychostimulants with abuse potential (e.g., methamphetamine); and cocaine have increased in recent years, particularly
C. Mattson, Lauren J. Tanz, K. Quinn, M. Kariisa, Priyam Patel, N. Davis   +5 more
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Overdose Prevention and Response A guide for people who use drugs and harm reduction staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [PDF]

, 2009
Provides an overview of the drug overdose problem in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; describes overdose symptoms, factors that affect overdose risk, prevention methods, and step-by-step responses to an overdose.
Curtis, Matt, Guterman, Lydia
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Evolving trends in drug overdose mortality in the USA from 2000 to 2020: an age-period-cohort analysisResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: Drug overdose deaths in the USA have increased rapidly in the past 20 years, and understanding patterns and trends in mortality is essential to develop policy responses.
Sayuri Fujita-Imazu, Jinzhao Xie, Bibha Dhungel, Xinran Wang, Yijing Wang, Phuong Nguyen, July Khin Maung Soe, Jinghua Li, Stuart Gilmour   +8 more
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Urban-Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 2020.

NCHS data brief, 2022
Drug overdose death rates, which have been rising over the past decade, differ by urban and rural counties across the United States (1-4). A previous report demonstrated higher drug overdose death rates in urban counties by various demographic and ...
Spencer Merianne Rose, Matthew F Garnett, Miniño Arialdi M.   +2 more
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“Ghost tablet” husks excreted in feces in large bupropion XL overdose [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Extended-release medications are widely prescribed across the spectrum of medical specialties; however, there is heterogeneity in how they are formulated.
Nanagas, Kristine, Overberg, Adam, Purpura, Andrea   +2 more
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Attitudes and knowledge about naloxone and overdose prevention among detained drug users in Ningbo, China

Substance 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, Bartlett Nicholas, Li Longhui, Lv Xiuyi, Zhang Yahai, Zhou Wenhua   +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. [PDF]

Inj Epidemiol
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
Olawole W, Li G, Zhou Z, Wu Z, Chen Q.
europepmc   +2 more sources