Aggression towards clinicians within Opiate Substitution Treatment (OST) services: A survey of service providers [PDF]
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022 Background: High levels of aggression towards staff in healthcare settings have been reported. It seems likely that workers in Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) would be at increased risk of adverse events and their consequences.
Christopher K. Gale +3 more
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The impact of opiate substitution treatment on mortality risk in drug addicts: a natural experiment study [PDF]
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2019 Background: Opiate substitution treatment (OST) is the main treatment for people addicted to heroin and other opioid drugs. However, there is limited information on how the delivery of this treatment affects mortality risk. Objectives: To investigate the
Colin D Steer +10 more
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Opiate substitution treatment and HIV transmission in people who inject drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
BMJ, The, 2012 To quantify the effect of opiate substitution treatment in relation to HIV transmission among people who inject drugs.Systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective published and unpublished observational studies.Search of Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, and the Cochrane Library from the earliest year to 2011 without language restriction.We selected ...
Silvia Minozzi +2 more
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Personality dysfunction in opiate addicts on opioid substitution treatment and the risk of HCV infection [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundImpulsivity, affective instability, and neglect of oneself and other people's safety as symptoms of personality dysfunction are associated with risky behaviors regarding the transmission of infectious diseases either sexually or by intravenous ...
Siniša Skočibušić +6 more
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A pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of an adjunct brief social network intervention in opiate substitution treatment services [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2018 Background Approximately 3% of people receiving opioid substitution therapy (OST) in the UK manage to achieve abstinence from prescribed and illicit drugs within three years of commencing treatment.
Ed Day +12 more
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Structural barriers in the context of opiate substitution treatment in Germany--a survey among physicians in primary care. [PDF]
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 2013 Opiate substitution treatment (OST) is the most widely used treatment for opioid dependence in Germany with substantial long-term benefits for the patient and for society. Due to lessened restrictive admission criteria, the number of registered OST patients in Germany has increased continuously in the recent years, whereas the number of physicians ...
Schulte B +6 more
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Recidivism with opiate addicted patients on buprenorphine substitution treatment: Case report [PDF]
Hospital Pharmacology, 2017 Introduction: Opiate dependence is a serious, chronic and recurrent psychiatric disorder, whose prevalence reach epidemic proportions. This also contributes to a significant increase in mortality, associated with overdose with opiates, as well as the ...
Crnić Katarina B. +1 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016 Introduction: Use of intravenous heroin carries a risk of serious medical conditions, including acquiring blood-borne infections. Therefore, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection represent a threat for people who inject drugs ...
Sinisa Skocibusic +7 more
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Risk of death during and after opiate substitution treatment in primary care: prospective observational study in UK General Practice Research Database [PDF]
BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2010 Objective To investigate the effect of opiate substitution treatment at the beginning and end of treatment and according to duration of treatment. Design Prospective cohort study.
Rosie Cornish, John Strang, M Hickman
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Survival and cessation in injecting drug users: prospective observational study of outcomes and effect of opiate substitution treatment. [PDF]
BMJ, 2010 To examine survival and long term cessation of injecting in a cohort of drug users and to assess the influence of opiate substitution treatment on these outcomes.Prospective open cohort study.A single primary care facility in Edinburgh.794 patients with a history of injecting drug use presenting between 1980 and 2007; 655 (82%) were followed up by ...
Kimber J +6 more
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