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Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and barriers to opioid overdose among college students [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background College students are a key population for opioid use, misuse, and subsequent exposure to overdose events. However, their knowledge and attitudes in response to opioid overdose warrant further study. To assess this gap, we surveyed graduate and
Abass Babatunde, Amanda N. Stover, Brian Witrick, Moonseong Heo, Lior Rennert   +4 more
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A wearable acoustofluidic patch for rapid reversal of opioid overdose [PDF]

Nature Communications
Opioids are among the most potent and reliable analgesic agents currently available, but their overdose can lead to respiratory depression and death.
Yantao Xing, Yang Yang, Xiang Li, Hongwei Cai, Zhuhao Wu, Zheng Ao, Chunhui Tian, Vivian Niu, Jack Crystal, Gergő Szanda, Taylor J. Woodward, Heather B. Bradshaw, Han-Ting Chen, Junhua Xu, Ken Mackie, Feng Guo   +15 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 crises during the COVID-19 pandemic: implication of health disparities

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Recent data suggest a disproportionate impact of opioid overdoses on Black Americans. The study aims to describe emergency department (ED) visits at a Southern, urban ED pertaining to opioid overdose and associated health disparities.
Ishika Patel, Lauren A. Walter, Li Li
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Opioid overdose decedent characteristics during COVID-19

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Introduction Alongside the emergence of COVID-19 in the United States, several reports highlighted increasing rates of opioid overdose from preliminary data.
Gian-Gabriel P. Garcia, Erin J. Stringfellow, Catherine DiGennaro, Nicole Poellinger, Jaden Wood, Sarah Wakeman, Mohammad S. Jalali   +6 more
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Associations with experience of non-fatal opioid overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a repeated cross sectional survey study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Introduction Lives lost in North America due to the unregulated drug poisoning emergency are preventable and those who survive an opioid overdose may suffer long-term disability. Rates of opioid overdose more than doubled following the onset of the COVID-
Max Ferguson, Paul Choisil, Jessica Lamb, Charlene Burmeister, Cheri Newman, Kurt Lock, Samuel Tobias, Lisa Liu, Jane A. Buxton   +8 more
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Urban scaling of opioid overdose deaths in the USA: a cross-sectional study in three periods between 2005 and 2017

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To describe the association between population size, population growth and opioid overdose deaths—overall and by type of opioid—in US commuting zones (CZs) in three periods between 2005 and 2017.Settings 741 CZs covering the entirety of the US
Ana V Diez Roux, Usama Bilal, Pricila H Mullachery, Ran Li, Rosie Mae Henson, Stephen Lankenau   +5 more
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Opioid prescribing and opioid-overdose deaths in Michigan: Urban-rural comparisons and changes across 2013–2017

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2020
Background: Opioid-overdose deaths and opioid prescriptions have increased substantially within the past decade, leading to examinations of urban-rural differences for these opioid-related outcomes, and whether annual trends differ by urban-rural status.
Jamey J. Lister, Jennifer D. Ellis, Miyoung Yoon   +2 more
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