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Impact of UNODC/WHO S-O-S (stop-overdose-safely) training on opioid overdose knowledge and attitudes among people at high or low risk of opioid overdose in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction Opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) is an evidence-based strategy to reduce opioid overdose deaths in line with guidance provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...
Paul Dietze, Samantha Colledge-Frisby, Gilberto Gerra, Vladimir Poznyak, Giovanna Campello, Wataru Kashino, Dzhonbek Dzhonbekov, Tetiana Kiriazova, Danil Nikitin, Assel Terlikbayeva, Kirsten Horsburgh, Anja Busse, Dzmitry Krupchanka   +12 more
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Opioid overdose and naloxone administration knowledge and perceived competency in a probability sample of Indiana urban communities with large Black populations. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundOpioid overdose deaths pose a serious public health concern in the United States, with disproportionately higher rates of increase among Black Americans despite expanded naloxone access.
Shin Hyung Lee, Jon Agley, Vatsla Sharma, Francesca Williamson, Pengyue Zhang, Dong-Chul Seo   +5 more
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Synthetic opioids have disrupted conventional wisdom for treating opioid overdose [PDF]

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
More than 90 % of opioid overdose deaths in North America are now caused by synthetic opioids, and while they are not as prevalent in the European illicit drug market, there are indications that they may become so in the near future.
Phil Skolnick, Jordan Paavola, Christian Heidbreder   +2 more
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Acute opioid overdose in pediatric patients. [PDF]

J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
Recent increases in pediatric and adolescent opioid fatalities mandate an urgent need for early consideration of possible opioid exposure and specific diagnostic and management strategies and interventions tailored to these unique populations. In contrast to adults, pediatric methods of exposure include accidental ingestions, prescription misuse, and ...
Sandelich S, Hooley G, Hsu G, Rose E, Ruttan T, Schwarz ES, Simon E, Sulton C, Wall J, Dietrich AM.   +9 more
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The opioid overdose epidemic: opportunities for pharmacists

Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2017
Li-Tzy Wu,1–4 Udi E Ghitza,5 Anne L Burns,6 Paolo Mannelli,1 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2Department of Medicine, 3Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, 4Center for Child and Family Policy ...
Wu LT, Ghitza UE, Burns AL, Mannelli P
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Management of Opioid Analgesic Overdose [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2012
The rate of opioid analgesic overdose is proportional to the number of opioid prescriptions and the dose prescribed. This review considers the epidemiology, mechanisms, and management of opioid analgesic overdose.
Douglas C. Throckmorton, Peter Lurie, Wilson M. Compton   +2 more
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The role of increasing pharmacy and community distributed naloxone in the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022
Background: Naloxone distributed to people at risk for opioid overdose has been associated with reduced overdose death rates; however, associations of retail pharmacy-distributed naloxone with overdose mortality have not been evaluated.
Jake R. Morgan, Christina E. Freibott, Ali Jalali, Philip J. Jeng, Alexander Y. Walley, Avik Chatterjee, Traci C. Green, Michelle L. Nolan, Benjamin P. Linas, Brandon D.L. Marshall, Sean M. Murphy   +10 more
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The impact of opioid agonist treatment on fatal and non-fatal drug overdose among people with a history of opioid dependence in NSW, Australia, 2001-2018: findings from the OATS retrospective linkage study.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Objectives There are critical periods of mortality risk at onset and cessation of opioid agonist treatment. We aim to determine whether non-fatal overdose followed the same pattern as fatal overdose, comparing the first 4 weeks of treatment and ...
Nicola Jones, Louisa Degenhardt, Matthew Hickman, Suzanne Nielsen, Sarah Larney, Timothy Dobbins, Robert Ali   +6 more
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Evaluating the impact of naloxone dispensation at public health vending machines in Clark County, Nevada

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Introduction Implementing public health vending machines (PHVMs) is an evidence-based strategy for mitigating substance use-associated morbidity and mortality via the dispensation of essential supplies to people who use drugs, including overdose ...
Sean T. Allen, Allison O’Rourke, Jessica. A. Johnson, Chelsi Cheatom, Ying Zhang, Brandon Delise, Kellie Watkins, Kathleen Reich, Rick Reich, Cassius Lockett   +9 more
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Opioid-overdose laws association with opioid use and overdose mortality [PDF]

Addictive Behaviors, 2018
Since the 1990's, governmental and non-governmental organizations have adopted several measures to increase access to the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone. These include the implementation of laws that increase layperson naloxone access and overdose-specific Good Samaritan laws that protect those reporting overdoses from criminal sanction ...
Chandler McClellan, Barrot H. Lambdin, Mir M. Ali, Ryan Mutter, Corey S. Davis, Eliza Wheeler, Michael Pemberton, Alex H. Kral   +7 more
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