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Food access among people who inject drugs in West Virginia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background The substance use epidemic in the United States continues to drive high levels of morbidity and mortality, particularly among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Saba Rouhani, Sean T. Allen, Sara Whaley, Rebecca Hamilton White, Allison O’Rourke, Kristin E. Schneider, Michael E. Kilkenny, Brian W. Weir, Susan G. Sherman   +8 more
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Cotton fever: A case report and review of the literature

JEM Reports, 2023
Background: The term “cotton fever” describes a benign, self-limited febrile response within minutes following cotton filter use with intravenous (IV) drug injection.
Natasha Tobarran, John Huchison, Emily Kershner, Andrew Chambers, Kirk L. Cumpston, Brandon K. Wills   +5 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
Background British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing a public health emergency related to opioid overdoses driven by consumption of street drugs contaminated with illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
Mohammad Karamouzian, Carolyn Dohoo, Sara Forsting, Ryan McNeil, Thomas Kerr, Mark Lysyshyn   +5 more
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Substance use and universal access to HIV testing and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: implications and research priorities

Journal of Virus Eradication, 2018
As universal testing and treatment for HIV, or ‘treat all’, expands across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), substance use will likely have a negative impact on the success of scale-up efforts for antiretroviral treatment (ART).
Kathryn E. Lancaster, Angela Hetrick, Antoine Jaquet, Adebola Adedimeji, Lukoye Atwoli, Donn J. Colby, Angel M. Mayor, Angela Parcesepe, Jennifer Syvertsen   +8 more
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Patients with infective endocarditis and history of injection drug use in a Swedish referral hospital during 10 years

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Patients with injection drug use (IDU) have increased risk of developing infective endocarditis (IE). Previous studies have reported recurrent IE, increased duration of hospital stay, poor adherence and compliance as well as higher mortality ...
Anna Damlin, Katarina Westling
doaj   +1 more source

Needle-free injection into skin and soft matter with highly focused microjets [PDF]

, 2012
The development of needle-free drug injection systems is of great importance to global healthcare. However, in spite of its great potential and research history over many decades, these systems are not commonly used.
Ghalbzouri, A. El, Lohse, Detlef, Oudalov, Nikolai, Sun, Chao, Tagawa, Yoshiyuki   +4 more
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The association between psychosocial and structural-level stressors and HIV injection drug risk behavior among Malaysian fishermen: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Malaysian fishermen have been identified as a key-affected HIV population with HIV rates 10 times higher than national rates. A number of studies have identified that psychosocial and structural-level stressors increase HIV injection drug risk
Lynn Murphy Michalopoulos, Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Martin K. K. Choo, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Nabila El-Bassel   +4 more
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Rising rates of injection drug use associated infective endocarditis in Virginia with missed opportunities for addiction treatment referral: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Injection drug use (IDU) is a growing public health threat in Virginia, though there is limited knowledge of related morbidity. The purpose of this study was to describe the temporal, geographic and clinical trends and characteristics of ...
Megan E. Gray, Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade, W. Michael Scheld, Rebecca A. Dillingham   +3 more
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Young Adults: Treatment of Substance Use Disorders as a Priority Component of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries [PDF]

, 2016
Young adults comprise roughly one-quarter of the global population and are at the developmental stage where personal life goals are formulated and personal independence is obtained.
Kresina TF, Kaplowitz L, Johnson K
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Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: the role of injection-related tissue damage

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background In the context of the current U.S. injection drug use epidemic, targeted public health harm reduction strategies have traditionally focused on overdose prevention and reducing transmission of blood-borne viral infections.
Alexander Hrycko, Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Courtney Ciervo, Rebecca Linn-Walton, Benjamin Eckhardt   +4 more
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