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Overdose Prevention and Response A guide for people who use drugs and harm reduction staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [PDF]
, 2009 Provides an overview of the drug overdose problem in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; describes overdose symptoms, factors that affect overdose risk, prevention methods, and step-by-step responses to an overdose.
Curtis, Matt, Guterman, Lydia
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The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract Impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) impacts 25%–30% of individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), potentially leading to severe outcomes due to reduced symptom perception. Naloxone, a mu‐opioid receptor antagonist, shows promise as a preventive measure against IAH.
Omar N. Al Yacoub +9 more
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An exploratory study of opioid drug overdoses and how law enforcement officers are affected in their personal and professional lives [PDF]
Salus Journal, 2022 This exploratory study measures the impact on law enforcement as it relates to police officers responding to opioid drug overdoses. A brief survey was developed to explore how responding to opioid overdoses impacted police officers’ personal and ...
Dena Weiss +3 more
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The Role of Direct-Injury Government-Entity Lawsuits in the Opioid Litigation [PDF]
, 2018 The opioid epidemic has ravaged the United States, killing over 100 Americans every day and costing the nation upward of $90 billion a year. All branches and levels of the government have pursued measures to combat the epidemic and reduce its societal ...
Aliferov, Edgar
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The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract As illegally made fentanyl and congeners continue to drive overdose deaths in the US, experts have called for stronger and longer‐lasting antagonists. A randomized, 4‐period, 2‐treatment crossover replicate‐design study in healthy moderately‐experienced opioid users (n = 24) evaluated the reversal of opioid‐induced respiratory depression (OIRD)
Alessandra Cipriano +4 more
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 Introduction: Opioid overdose is a major public health problem. Emergency physicians need information to better assess a patient’s risk for overdose or opioid-related harms.
Lauren K. Whiteside +6 more
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Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Black/African Americans with disabilities who live with substance use disorder and/or serious mental illness are an underserved population in mental health treatment. We conducted a quantitative analysis using the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (N = 317) to identify treatment trends and interpreted results using DisCrit and the ...
Jennifer M. Cook +4 more
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Opioid Education and Nasal Naloxone Rescue Kits in the Emergency Department
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015 Introduction: Emergency departments (EDs) may be high-yield venues to address opioid deaths with education on both overdose prevention and appropriate actions in a witnessed overdose.
Dwyer, Kristin +6 more
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Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study describes one district's experience having counselors deliver, for the first time, a school‐based treatment to address student trauma symptoms. After their initial training, school counselors rated Bounce Back (K‐5th grade) and Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (5th−12th grade) as highly acceptable and anticipated a positive ...
Yourdanos Bekele +3 more
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Implementation and Evaluation of a Bystander Naloxone Training Course
Western Journal of Emergency MedicineIntroduction: Bystander provision of naloxone is a key modality to reduce opioid overdose-related death. Naloxone training courses are available, but no standardized program exists.
Scott G. Weiner +7 more
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