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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Rhodes, T., Kerr, Thomas, Palmateer, N., Goldberg, David J., Hedrich, Dagmar, Palmateer, Norah, Fry, Craig L, Goldberg, David, Palmateer, Norah; id_orcid, Rhodes, Tim, Goldberg, D.J., Stöver, H., Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Hall, Wayne, Hickman, M., Brentari, C., Kimber, J., Kimber, Jo, Fischer, Benedikt, Hutchinson, S.J., Stevens, Alex, Dubois-Arber, Françoise, Hutchinson, Sharon J.; id_orcid   +23 more
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Guideline for Medication Management of Distressing Symptoms in Older Patients Receiving End‐of‐Life Palliative Care

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Older patients receiving end‐of‐life palliative care often present with multiple geriatric syndromes, frailty, and comorbid symptom burden, resulting in a high risk of medication‐related harm. This guideline focuses on pharmacological management of distressing symptoms in older patients receiving end‐of‐life or hospice‐oriented palliative care,
Daiping Li, Yanwu Yang, Yan Zhang, Jirong Yue, Birong Dong, Meiling Ge, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University   +7 more
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Parasomnias and sleep‐related movement disorders induced by drugs in the adult population: a review about iatrogenic medication effects

Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2025.
Summary Parasomnias and sleep‐related movement disorders (SRMD) are major causes of sleep disorders and may be drug induced. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature to examine the association between drug use and the occurrence of parasomnias and SRMD.
Sylvain Dumont, Vanessa Bloch, Agnès Lillo‐Lelouet, Christine Le Beller, Pierre A. Geoffroy, Marc Veyrier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Naloxone distribution and possession following a large-scale naloxone programme

, 2018
Aims: To examine uptake following a large‐scale naloxone programme by estimating distribution rates since programme initiation and the proportion among a sample of high‐risk individuals who had attended naloxone training, currently possessed or had used ...
Gjersing, Linn Renathe, Clausen, Thomas, Madah-Amiri, Desiree   +2 more
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Veterinary Pharmaceutical Safety Competencies for New Graduates: Description of an Interprofessional Simulated Learning Activity

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The misuse and abuse of veterinary anesthetic and analgesic agents pose significant public health risks, particularly with the growing presence of ultrapotent opioids and other anesthetics in the illicit drug trade. In response, there is increasing emphasis on incorporating medication safety training into veterinary curricula.
Margene Anderson, Carrie Schroeder, Kristopher M. Schroeder   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“They Look At Us Like Parasites”: The Corporeal Stigmatization and Pathologization of Deportees in Tijuana, Mexico

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the embodied and institutional forms of marginalization experienced by Mexican deportees in Tijuana. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in clinics and social service organizations, it explores how deportees are corporeally stigmatized, denied legal recognition, and pathologized as addicts in need of coercive ...
Carlos Martinez
wiley   +1 more source

The association between naloxone distribution, buprenorphine treatment and retention and incident high-risk opioid prescribing with opioid overdose death in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio, United States: An exploratory community-level cohort study of data from the HEALing Communities Study. [PDF]

Addiction
Abstract Aim We evaluated whether community‐level naloxone distribution, medication for opioid use disorder treatment and retention and incident high‐risk opioid prescribing rates were associated with opioid overdose death rates. Design Observational cohort conducted using 2019 to 2023 community‐level data as an exploratory analysis of the HEALing ...
Walley AY, Cheng DM, Vandergrift N, Larochelle M, Holloway J, Brown JL, Chandler R, Fanucchi LC, Feaster DJ, Freeman PR, Hunt T, Lofwall MR, Knudsen HK, Nunes EV, Oga E, Oyler DR, Samet JH, Villani J, Walsh SL, Winhusen TJ.   +19 more
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The silent consequence of overdose: The case for brain injury‐informed opioid treatment

Addiction, EarlyView.
Nathaniel Day, Kym Kaufmann, Mauricio Garcia‐Barrera, Jitender Sareen, Daniel Vigo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond safety net value(s): Tourist hotel rooms for people experiencing homelessness

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the shape of care and value through an ethnographic study of an intensive, temporary housing intervention for people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, California, during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Building on a new anthropological theory of value, the results highlight the slipperiness between surveillance and care,
Naomi C. Schoenfeld
wiley   +1 more source

Drug Alcohol Depend [PDF]

Background:Naloxone is a prescription medication that reverses opioid overdoses. Allowing naloxone to be dispensed directly by a pharmacist without an individual prescription under a naloxone standing order (NSO) can expand access.

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