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Fentanyl Test Strips for Harm Reduction: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

J Addict Med
Background High potency synthetic opioids like fentanyl have continued to replace or contaminate the supply of illicit drugs in North America, with fentanyl test strips (FTSs) often used as a harm reduction tool for overdose prevention. The available evidence to support FTS for harm reduction has yet to be summarized.
Kutscher E, Barber Grossi M, LaPolla F, Lee JD.   +3 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Perspectives of people in Philadelphia who use fentanyl/heroin adulterated with the animal tranquilizer xylazine; Making a case for xylazine test strips

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022
Background: Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer increasingly detected in those who have died of an opioid overdose in Philadelphia, PA and elsewhere. Despite an increasing presence of xylazine in the local fentanyl/heroin drug market and its association ...
Megan K. Reed, Nicholas S. Imperato, Jeanette M. Bowles, Venise J. Salcedo, Amanda Guth, Kristin L. Rising   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Fentanyl self-testing outside supervised injection settings to prevent opioid overdose: Do we know enough to promote it? [PDF]

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2018
Since 2013, North America has experienced a sharp increase in unintentional fatal overdoses: fentanyl, and its analogues, are believed to be primarily responsible.
Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League, Catherine R. McGowan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ciccarone, Ciccarone, Ciccarone, Clark, Compton, Cressman, Daniulaityte, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Fairbairn, Frank, Friedman, Gladden, Harris, Human Rights Watch, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jozaghi, Lucy Platt, Lysyshyn, Magdalena Harris, Marshall, Massey, McGowan, Messac, Mounteney, Murray, Neira-Leon, O'Donnell, Quest, Rhodes, Rhodes, Rhodes, Rhodes, Schneider, Seth, Shaheen, Socias, Stewart, The Vancouver Sun, Tim Rhodes, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Vivian Hope, Winstock   +46 more
core   +4 more sources

What's in the Powder? Evaluating Fentanyl Test Strip Sensitivity to Common Household Items in Chemical Emergency Response Scenarios. [PDF]

J Chem Health Saf
Mongold KY, Lange MA, Shields M, Barkholtz HM.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Harm reduction engagement and ongoing opioid use among adults receiving methadone or buprenorphine in Philadelphia [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), a chronic condition with significant health and social consequences, has been intensified by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
William Brincheiro, Nolan Chiles, William Jangro, Rachel Haahr, Lara Carson Weinstein   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background This paper examines: (i) the acceptability of, and behavioural outcomes associated with, take-home fentanyl test strips (FTS), and (ii) support for, and preferences regarding, drug checking services among people who use heroin.
Rachel Sutherland, Maureen Steele, Craig Rodgers, Edmund Silins, Rosie Gilliver, Amy Peacock, Monica Barratt, Nadine Ezard, Krista J. Siefried, Robert Page, Raimondo Bruno, Phillip Read   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A mixed-methods analysis of risk-reduction strategies adopted by syringe services program participants and non-syringe services program participants in New York City

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Since the emergence of fentanyl in the drug market, syringe services programs (SSPs) have been at the forefront of providing life-saving tools such as naloxone and fentanyl test strips to people who use drugs (PWUD).
Nisha Beharie, Adelya Urmanche, Alex Harocopos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scalable Production of Highly-Sensitive Nanosensors Based on Graphene Functionalized with a Designed G Protein-Coupled Receptor [PDF]

, 2014
We have developed a novel, all-electronic biosensor for opioids that consists of an engineered mu opioid receptor protein, with high binding affinity for opioids, chemically bonded to a graphene field-effect transistor to read out ligand binding.
Crook, Alexander, Han, Gang Hee, Hong, Sung Ju, Johnson, A. T. Charlie, Lerner, Mitchell B., Liu, Renyu, Matsunaga, Felipe, Park, Yung Woo, Perez-Aguilar, Jose Manuel, Saven, Jeffery G., Xi, Jin   +10 more
core   +4 more sources

“Just another thing for me to stress off of”: Responses to unintentional fentanyl use in a community-based study of people who use opioids

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
The unintentional consumption of fentanyl is a serious health risk for people who use illicit drugs. In an ongoing community-based study regarding polysubstance use among people who use opioids, we found that 17 of 58 (29%) of participants who did not ...
Jennifer Lorvick, Jordana L. Hemberg, Madeleine J. George, Joy R. Piontak, Megan L. Comfort   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent Changes in Drug Abuse Scenario: The Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Phenomenon [PDF]

, 2019
copyright 2019 by the authors. Articles in this book are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles, as long as the author and publisher are ...
Catalani, Valeria, Chilcott, Robert, Corazza, Ornella, Corkery, John, Guirguis, Amira, Marrinan, Shanna, Martinotti, Giovanni, Zloh, Mire   +7 more
core   +3 more sources