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Heroin overdose - suicide or accident? [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018
Background/Aim. Suicide is a public health problem. Due to frequent overdose among drug addicts, there is a question about suicidality in this population. The aim of this study is to determine the specificity and distinctive factors in opiate addicts who
Dragišić Tatjana, Jovanović Mirjana, Dickov Aleksandra, Bugarski Tamara, Ivetić Olga, Mišković Mirjana   +5 more
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A mixed-methods analysis of patient safety incidents involving opioid substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine in community-based care in England and Wales

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction There is a paucity of knowledge and understanding of medical error in opioid substitution treatment programmes. Objectives To characterise patient safety incidents involving opioid-substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine ...
R. Gibson, N. Macleod, L. Donaldson, H. Williams, A. Sheikh, A. Carson-Stevens   +5 more
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Social and psychological functioning of opiate dependent patients in methadone maintenance treatment – longitudinal research report

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, 2014
Introduction: Substitution treatment is recommended by the WHO as an effective form of curbing and abstaining from opiate use and improvement of psychosocial functioning of drug addicted persons.
Magdalena Nalaskowska, Lidia Cierpiałkowska   +1 more
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Selective review and commentary on emerging pharmacotherapies for opioid addiction. [PDF]

, 2011
Pharmacotherapies for opioid addiction under active development in the US include lofexidine (primarily for managing withdrawal symptoms) and Probuphine®, a distinctive mode of delivering buprenorphine for six months, thus relieving patients, clinicians,
Ling, Walter, Miotto, Karen, Mooney, Larissa, Nielsen, Suzanne, Torrington, Matthew, Zhao, Min   +5 more
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HCV treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals. [PDF]

, 2013
UNLABELLED: Substantial reductions in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) cannot be achieved by harm reduction interventions such as needle exchange and opiate substitution therapy (OST) alone. Current HCV treatment is
Aitken, Allen, Berg, Burns, Cohen, Cohen, Cornish, Dahari, Dimova, Dore, Gane, Grebely, Grebely, Hagan, Hallinan, Harris, Health Protection Scotland and the University of the West of Scotland, Hellard, Hellard, Hickman, Innes, Iverson, Iverson, Jacobson, Kemp, Kim, Kimber, Kirwan, Lindenburg, Lindenburg, Liu, Liu, Ly, Maher, Martin, Martin, Martin, Mathers, McCaw, McInnes, Mehta, Micallef, Mondelli, Nelson, Nosyk, O'Keefe, Poordad, Poordad, Quinn, Shepard, Stoove, Sweeting, Turner, Vickerman, Vickerman, Wood, Zeiler   +56 more
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On drug treatment and social control: Russian narcology's great leap backwards

Harm Reduction Journal, 2008
The medical discipline of narcology in Russia is a subspecialty of psychiatry from the Soviet era and it is given warrant to define the scope of health activities with regard to alcohol and other drug use, drug users, and related problems.
Drucker Ernest, Elovich Richard
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Dynamic modelling of hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs: a methodological review [PDF]

, 2014
Equipment sharing among people who inject drugs (PWID) is a key risk factor in infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Both the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing HCV transmission in this population (such as opioid ...
Cousien, Anthony, Deuffic-Burban, Sylvie, Dhersin, Jean-Stephane, Jauffret-Roustide, Marie, Tran, Viet Chi, Yazdanpanah, Yazdan   +5 more
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The SUMMIT trial: a field comparison of buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance treatment. [PDF]

, 2010
This prospective patient-preference study examined the effectiveness in practice of methadone versus buprenorphine maintenance treatment and the beliefs of subjects regarding these drugs. A total of 361 opiate-dependent individuals (89% of those eligible,
Holland, R, Maskrey, V, Pinto, H, Rumball, D, Swift, L, Wagle, A   +5 more
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Neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
<b>Background</b><p></p> It is assumed within the accumulated literature that children born of pregnant opioid dependent mothers have impaired neurobehavioral function as a consequence of chronic intrauterine opioid use.<p>&
A Baldacchino, A Liberati, A Ornoy, A Sameroff, A Verdejo-Garcia, AJ Dunlop, Alex Baldacchino, American Psychiatric Association, B Hanson, BJ Cleary, Britannica, C Konijnenberg, C Konijnenberg, Colin McCowan, DE Hutchings, Dennis J Petrie, Department of Health (England) and the devolved administrations, DF Stroup, E Rotheram-Fuller, E Strauss, EK Emory, FM Wolf, GJ Demakis, H Cooper, HC Steinhausen, HE Jones, HE Jones, I Fihrer, I van Beusekom, IM Bernstein, J Cohen, J Cohen, J Keegan, J Kimber, J Prosser, JE Hunter, JN Whitham, JP Higgins, K Spiteri Cornish, Kathleen Arbuckle, KB Walhovd, KD Ersche, KK Zakzanis, L Manchikanti, L McGlone, LV Hedges, LV Hedges, LW Anderson, M Borenstein, M Borenstein, M Connock, M Farrell, M Grattan, M Pirastu, MD Lezak, MM de Cubas, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, NICE, NICHD, PS Bauman, R Bunikowski, R Cornish, R Hamilton, R King, RE Johnson, RG Orwin, RJ Sternberg, RW Hunt, S Darke, S Minozzi, S Salo, S Simeons, S Soepatmi, S Tong, Scottish Government, SL Grace, SL Hans, SL Hans, SM Petterson, SM Quinhana, SR Kandall, TB Huedo-Medina, TJ Ornstein, TS Rosen, V Moe, WH Organization, WK Lombardo   +86 more
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Prevalence and correlates of suicide attempts in high-risk populations: a cross-sectional study among patients receiving opioid agonist therapy in Norway

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background Death by suicide in patients enrolled in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is a major clinical concern. However, little knowledge exists regarding suicide attempts in this patient group.
Jørn Henrik Vold, Else-Marie Løberg, Christer F. Aas, Jan Alexander Steier, Kjell Arne Johansson, Lars Thore Fadnes   +5 more
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