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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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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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Medical Complications of Injection Drug Use — Part I
NEJM Evidence, 2023Medical Complications of Injection Drug Use - Part IIDuring the past 2 decades, the risk of death, as well as the prevalence of hospitalizations in the United States, has increased substantially among people who inject drugs, mainly because of the opioid epidemic.
Katherine M, Rich, Daniel A, Solomon
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HIV treatment, injection drug use, and illicit drug policies
The Lancet, 2007The global over-reliance on criminal justice approaches to illicit drug use is putting the lives of injection drug users (IDUs) at risk. This policy approach severely undermines HIV-prevention efforts and the effects may be even worse for HIV-infected IDUs because criminal justice strategies interfere with IDUs ability to access and remain successfully
Evan, Wood +2 more
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Injecting drug use continues in older drug users too
BMJ, 2017Rao and Roche note that the number of people aged over 50 who have substance misuse problems is rising globally across a range of settings.1 This rise also applies to people who inject drugs, at least in the developed world.2 Australian surveillance data from 2016 indicate a large, ageing cohort of (predominantly) opioid injectors.3 Similarly ...
Peter, Higgs, Paul, Dietze
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Global overview of injecting drug use and HIV infection among injecting drug users
AIDS, 2004To provide global estimates of the prevalence of injecting drug use (IDU) and HIV prevalence among IDU, in particular to provide estimates for developing and transitional countries.Collation and review of existing estimates of IDU prevalence and HIV prevalence from published and unpublished documents for the period 1998-2003.
Aceijas, C +3 more
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Economic Perspectives On Injecting Drug Use
2006Injecting drug use (IDU) has traditionally been seen as a law enforcement problem and a stain on society. With the emergence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), however, the discourse on IDU has widened to include crucial public health and human rights concerns.
David E, Bloom +2 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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Radiologic study of injection drug use complications
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2002The complications of injection drug use (IDU) can lead to a wide variety of clinical problems that range from complications localized to the injection site to more disseminated disease. The radiologic workup of these problems uses multiple modalities, depending on the location and type of problem to be investigated.
Anthony L, Alcantara +2 more
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Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use Among Injection Drug Users
Journal of Drug Issues, 2012This study described the prevalence and risk factors for nonmedical prescription drug use (NMPD) among injection drug users (IDUs) recruited at syringe exchange programs (SEPs) in California. Interviews were conducted with 1,586 IDUs recruited from 24 SEPs across three annual cross-sections between 2001 and 2003.
Alexis N. Martinez +3 more
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