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Messaging to Increase Public Support for Naloxone Distribution Policies in the United States: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Barriers to public support for naloxone distribution include lack of knowledge, concerns about potential unintended consequences, and lack of sympathy for people at risk of overdose.A randomized survey experiment was conducted with a nationally ...
Marcus A Bachhuber, Emma E McGinty, Alene Kennedy-Hendricks, Jeff Niederdeppe, Colleen L Barry   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trajectories of medication for opioid use disorder and their impact on HIV testing among people who inject drugs in India: A longitudinal assessment of clinic‐based data

Addiction, Volume 120, Issue 4, Page 745-755, April 2025.
Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to identify longitudinal trajectories of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) use throughout 1 year following MOUD initiation and to examine the association of trajectory membership with HIV testing among people who inject drugs in India.
Allison M. McFall, Lakshmi Ganapathi, Mihili P. Gunaratne, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, Conjeevaram K. Vasudevan, Santhanam Anand, Sunil S. Solomon, Shruti H. Mehta, Gregory M. Lucas   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Naloxone distribution programs in the emergency department: A scoping review of the literature

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
This scoping review summarized the literature regarding naloxone distribution from emergency departments (EDs) without a prescription. Our intention was to examine various naloxone distribution programs, their methodologies, and the level of ...
Mohan K. Sindhwani, Adam Friedman, Maureen O'Donnell, Donald Stader, Scott G. Weiner   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Take-Home Naloxone for the Emergency Interim Management of Opioid Overdose: The Public Health Application of an Emergency Medicine

Drugs, 2019
Naloxone is a well-established essential medicine for the treatment of life-threatening heroin/opioid overdose in emergency medicine. Over two decades, the concept of ‘take-home naloxone’ has evolved, comprising pre-provision of an emergency supply to ...
J. Strang, Rebecca McDonald, G. Campbell, L. Degenhardt, S. Nielsen, A. Ritter, O. Dale   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A call for action: Closing the evidence gap in management of stimulant‐induced psychosis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Stimulant‐induced psychosis (StIP) is emerging as one of most pressing health challenges. Over the past two decades, stimulant‐related harms and psychiatric care demands have risen sharply. Individuals with StIP often present with severe agitation and high suicide risk, and up to half progress to chronic psychotic illness within two
Anne Bouthillier, Heidar Sharafi, Adam Bisaga, Didier Jutras‐Aswad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What anabolic–androgenic steroids reveal about the limits of current harm reduction models

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Harm reduction has largely been shaped by responses to psychoactive drug use where the most urgent harms are acute. These models focus on overdose, blood‐borne viruses, and rapid‐onset toxicity related harms. When applied wholesale to anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), they obscure the distinctive pharmacology, consumer typologies,
Timothy Piatkowski, Jason M. Nagata, Suzanne Nielsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of calcium in morphine dependence and naloxone-precipitated withdrawal in mice [PDF]

, 2011
Vikas Seth, Prerna Upadhyaya, Vijay Moghe, Mushtaq AhmadDepartment of Pharmacology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IndiaPurpose: To explore the role of calcium in morphine withdrawal syndrome using various agents affecting calcium ...
Prerna Upadhyaya, Vikas Seth, Vijay Moghe, et al   +3 more
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Use of low-threshold naloxone boxes for opioid overdose prevention in a Midwestern US State: a public health program evaluation

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction Despite reductions in overdose deaths reported nationally in 2025, overdose remains a leading cause of death in Michigan and the broader United States.
Pamela S. Lynch, Lou Gamalski, Virginia Roys, Autumn Albers, Katie Burk, Sara Durán, Shelley N. Facente   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intention to get naloxone among patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Prescription opioids have been increasingly prescribed for chronic pain while the opioid-related death rates grow. Naloxone, an opioid antagonist, is increasingly recommended in these patients, yet there is limited research that investigates ...
Yinan Huang, Ning Lyu, Shrey Gohil, Shweta Bapat, E. James Essien, J. Douglas Thornton   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug sellers' use of a drug checking service amid the overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study examined the use of a drug checking service by drug sellers in British Columbia, Canada, to assess motivations for service use and substances intended for distribution, focusing on risks associated with an unstable illicit drug market.
Pablo Gonzalez‐Nieto, Bruce Wallace, Collin Kielty, Irene Shkolnikov, Ava Margolese, Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira, Chris Gill, Dennis Hore   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source