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Infectious Complications of Injection Drug Use
Medical Clinics of North America, 2022The opioid overdose epidemic is one of the leading causes of death in adults. Its devastating effects have included not only a burgeoning overdose crisis but also multiple converging infectious diseases epidemics. The use of both opioids and other substances through intravenous (IV) administration places individuals at increased risks of infectious ...
Laura R, Marks +4 more
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AIDS and the Use of Injected Drugs
Scientific American, 1994More than 50 countries have reported HIV infected persons who use illegal intravenous (IV) drugs. Another 30 countries have citizens using them. 33% of US AIDS cases acquired HIV by injecting illegal drugs. The political commitment to implement HIV prevention efforts in the IV drug community is wanting even though some health care providers in North
D C, Jarlais, S R, Friedman
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Age and injecting drug use revisited: The Australian Study of HIV and Injecting Drug Use
AIDS Care, 1997In 1991 we reported on differences between younger and older injecting drug users (IDUs) in the Australian National AIDS and Injecting Drug Use Study. In 1994, a second large multi-city study of IDUs, the Australian Study of HIV and Injecting Drug Use (ASHIDU) allowed a repetition of that analysis to see whether age differences demonstrated in 1991 ...
W M, Loxley, J S, Bevan, S J, Carruthers
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Injection drug use in North America
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2002Injection drug use of psychotropic agents for nontherapeutic purposes is associated with some of the most pernicious infectious diseases seen in the United States. There is an inextricable link between infection, injection drug use (IDU) and other risk behaviors, especially those related to sexual activity.
Eugene P, Schoener +2 more
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Injecting drug use: Gendered risk
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2018Research demonstrates gender related differences in drug-use practices and risk behaviours. Females' structural vulnerability stemming from traditional gender roles and gender-power relations may enhance their propensity to experience injecting related risk.
Zahnow, Renee +4 more
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Predictors of unsafe injecting drug use
Drug and Alcohol Review, 1994AbstractThis paper reports on the incidence of unsafe injecting and the factors which influence this practice in a sample of 1245 Sydney injecting drug users (IDUs). Using a needle and syringe after someone else at some time in the last six months was reported in 41.6% of the sample.
B R, Crisp +5 more
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Archives of Dermatology, 2007
Injection drug use has devastating effects on the veins, skin, muscles, and joints of the lower extremities, thus increasing the risk of chronic venous disease (CVD). We examined the following risk factors for CVD in persons who injected drugs: health and drug use history, ankle mobility, pain, and skin and wound assessment.
Barbara, Pieper +3 more
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Injection drug use has devastating effects on the veins, skin, muscles, and joints of the lower extremities, thus increasing the risk of chronic venous disease (CVD). We examined the following risk factors for CVD in persons who injected drugs: health and drug use history, ankle mobility, pain, and skin and wound assessment.
Barbara, Pieper +3 more
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Ocular manifestations of injection drug use
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2002Injection drug use can result in a variety of severe ocular conditions. Hematogenous dissemination of various fungi and bacteria may produce endophthalmitis with resultant severe visual loss. Retinal arterial occlusive disease may result from talc and other particulate emboli.
Rubin W, Kim +2 more
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Injection Drug Use and Wound Care
Nursing Clinics of North America, 2005Persons who have injected drugs present challenges to providing wound care. They tend to have multiple physical and psychosocial problems and abuse many substances. They may mistrust health care providers because of past experiences and their perceived negative attitude toward providers. Because they often self-treat abscesses and wounds before seeking
Barbara, Pieper, John A, Hopper
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The Epidemiology of Injection Drug Use
Psychiatric Annals, 2017Injection drug use (IDU) is a significant public health concern. Although IDU is commonly associated with heroin use in popular culture, prescription opioids, stimulants, cocaine, and ketamine are also frequently injected. Most people who inject drugs (PWIDs) live in developing countries; however, the majority of research on IDU is ...
Anna Harrison, Daniel Blonigen
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