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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

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

Addiction, EarlyView.
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 ...
Alexander Y. Walley, Debbie M. Cheng, Nathan Vandergrift, Marc Larochelle, JaNae Holloway, Jennifer L. Brown, Redonna Chandler, Laura C. Fanucchi, Daniel J. Feaster, Patricia R. Freeman, Timothy Hunt, Michelle R. Lofwall, Hannah K. Knudsen, Edward V. Nunes, Emmanuel Oga, Douglas R. Oyler, Jeffrey H. Samet, Jennifer Villani, Sharon L. Walsh, T. John Winhusen   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opioid free onco-anesthesia: Is it time to convict opioids? A systematic review of literature

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2019
The epidemic of opioid crisis started getting recognised as a public health emergency in view of increasing opioid-related deaths occurring due to undetected respiratory depression.
Raghu S Thota, Seshadri Ramkiran, Rakesh Garg, Jyotsna Goswami, Vaibhavi Baxi, Mary Thomas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in Intraoperative Opioid Analgesic Use Among Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal, 2020
Mentor: Andrea Dutoit Program: Anesthesiology Type: Case Report Background: Over-reliance on opioids in the perioperative period has contributed to the opioid epidemic and new non-opioid strategies for multi-modal analgesia are being analyzed and ...
Allison Bell, Wanying Pei, Blaine Schlawin, Peter Pellegrino, Zhaohui Hu, Apollo Stack, Jason Lau, Katie Berky, Kelsey Neuhalfen, Rachel Quandahl, Sagar Bansal, Andrea Dutoit, Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, Katie Goergen, Tricia LeVan, Lorena Baccaglini   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Change of substance‐related hospitalisation in adolescents after cannabis legalisation in Thailand in 2022

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims On 9 June 2022, Thailand changed its cannabis legislation, expanding access to individuals aged >18 years. Evidence suggests that such changes could increase the risk of cannabis use and related harms, and could influence patterns of use of other substances among adolescents.
Sirada Puetpaiboon, Songyos Rajborirug, Vorthunju Nakhonsri, Chumpol Ngamphiw, Peerapat Khunkham, Sissades Tongsima, Watcharapot Janpoung, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Closing the gaps in opioid use disorder research, policy and practice: conference proceedings

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2018
Drug overdose deaths involving opioids have surged in recent years and the economic cost of the opioid epidemic is estimated to be over $500 billion annually.
Matthew A. Miclette, Jared A. Leff, Isabella Cuan, Jeffrey H. Samet, Brendan Saloner, Gary Mendell, Yuhua Bao, Michael A. Ashburn, Marcus A. Bachhuber, Bruce R. Schackman, Daniel E. Polsky, Zachary F. Meisel   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with the percentage of individuals who initiate and discontinue naltrexone as a relapse prevention pharmacotherapy in opioid use disorder: A systematic review, meta‐analysis and meta‐regression

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Naltrexone is a pharmacotherapeutic option for relapse prevention in opioid use disorder (OUD); however, studies highlight low rates of initiation and high rates of discontinuation as limiting its effectiveness. We aimed to (1) estimate the percentage of individuals with OUD who (having undergone withdrawal and wish to ...
Emmert Roberts, Elizabeth Sanderson, Thomas Santo Jr., Matthew Hickman, Michael Farrell, Louisa Degenhardt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Race, Geography, and News Coverage of the Opioid Epidemic

, 2019
The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug epidemic in United States history. During the early stages of the epidemic, the focus was on white victims in rural and suburban areas.
Robert, Nicholas B
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The opioid epidemic: Effects on recidivism in West Virginia

, 2023
The opioid epidemic began in the 1990s with an increased prescribing of opioids across the nation. Between the years 2013 and 2014, opioid overdose death rates began to increase in West Virginia. By the year 2015, West Virginia held the highest number of
Williams, Elizabeth, Frye, Emilee
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End‐of‐Life Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Symptom Burden: A Nationally‐Representative Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness (subjective feeling of lacking connection) and social isolation (objective deficit in number of relationships or contact with others) are common at the end‐of‐life and can be detrimental to quality of life. Investigating the association between symptoms and end‐of‐life loneliness and social isolation could help inform ...
Mara Rosenberg, Irena Cenzer, Alexander K. Smith, Ashwin A. Kotwal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source