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Correlates of fentanyl preference among people who use drugs in Rhode Island

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Fentanyl is increasingly pervasive in the unregulated drug supply and is a driver of drug overdose deaths in the United States. The aims of this study were to characterize and identify correlates of fentanyl preference among people who use ...
Siena C. Napoleon, Carolyn J. Park, Jacqueline Goldman, Yu Li, Jane A. Buxton, Alexandria Macmadu, Katie B. Biello, Julia Noguchi, Brandon D.L. Marshall   +8 more
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The effect of nitrous oxide in comparison to oxygen combined with fentanyl on the hospitalization time and pain reduction in renal colic patients at emergency department

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2018
Background: Renal colic is a painful medical emergency, needs urgent intervention to reduce pain. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, and entonox are pain-relieving agents. This study was aimed to compare fentanyl + entonox (nitrous oxide + O2)
Omid Ahmadi, Amir Shirvani Dehkordi, Farhad Heydari, Mohammad Nasr Esfahani, Behzad Mahaki   +4 more
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Evaluation of a fentanyl drug checking service for clients of a supervised injection facility, Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
BackgroundBritish Columbia, Canada, is experiencing a public health emergency related to opioid overdoses driven by consumption of street drugs contaminated with illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
M. Karamouzian, C. Dohoo, Sara Forsting, R. McNeil, T. Kerr, Mark Lysyshyn   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Trends and characteristics of accidental and intentional codeine overdose deaths in Australia [PDF]

, 2015
Examines trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and toxicological characteristics of codeine-related deaths. Abstract Objectives: To examine trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and ...
Amanda Roxburgh, Eva Saar, Jennifer Pilgrim, Louisa Degenhardt, Lucinda Burns, Suzanne Nielsen, Wayne D Hall   +6 more
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Trends in opioid prescribing in Scandinavian countries from 2010 to 2023: Insights from multi‐metric evaluation

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Monitoring opioid prescribing across different healthcare systems is essential to understanding population‐level exposure and informing global health policies. This study examined opioid utilization in Scandinavian countries between 2010 and 2023 using multiple complementary metrics, addressing the limitations of single‐metric comparisons ...
Gabriela Rolová, Svetlana Skurtveit, Marte Handal, Geana Paula Kurita, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Ingvild Odsbu, Mikael Hoffmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-induction fentanyl dose-finding study for controlled hypotension during functional endoscopic sinus surgery

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2019
Background and Aims: Fentanyl can facilitate controlled intraoperative hypotension by its sympatholytic effect in patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).
Prabhat Choudhary, Amitabh Dutta, Nitin Sethi, Jayashree Sood, Devinder Rai, Manish Gupta   +5 more
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A Case of Fentanyl Intoxication and Delayed Hypoxic Leukoencephalopathy Caused by Incidental Use of Fentanyl Patch in a Healthy Elderly Man [PDF]

Journal of Neurocritical Care, 2015
Background: Fentanyl intoxication has been reported occasionally since the Fentanyl patch became available. Delayed hypoxic leukoencephalopathy is recognized as a complication of hypoxic events. However, its neuropsychiatric symptoms can be delayed. Case
In Sub Yoo, Sang Hak Lee, Seung-Han Suk
doaj   +1 more source

Fentanyl and fentanyl-analog involvement in drug-related deaths [PDF]

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2019
To describe and analyze the involvement of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (FAs) in drug-related deaths in West Virginia (WV), United States.Retrospective analyses of all WV drug-related deaths from 2005 to 2017 were performed, including comparisons of demographic and toxicological characteristics among total deaths, deaths in which fentanyl/FAs were ...
James C. Kraner, Gordon S. Smith, Zheng Dai, Marie A. Abate, Allen R. Mock   +4 more
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Psychoactive prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To identify the patterns and trends in prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment. Methods We used data from the OPPIDUM programme, which collects data from patients attending substance abuse treatment facilities. Data collected include use of psychoactive prescription drugs in the past week.
Thomas Soeiro, Clémence Lacroix, Élisabeth Jouve, Élisabeth Frauger, Maryse Lapeyre‐Mestre, Joëlle Micallef   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rate of Fentanyl Positivity Among Urine Drug Test Results Positive for Cocaine or Methamphetamine.

JAMA Network Open, 2019
Importance Drug overdose deaths continue to increase, despite the leveling off of prescription opioid use and policy changes limiting opioid prescribing.
Leah LaRue, R. Twillman, Eric Dawson, Penn Whitley, M. Frasco, Angela Huskey, M. Guevara   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source