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Treatment of Opioid Dependence and Overdose

, 2018
Every day in America, 90 individuals die from overdosing on prescription pain relievers or synthetic opioids. From 1999 to 2015, American deaths from opioid drug overdoses increased from 8,048 to 33,091 (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2017). Approximately two million Americans in 2015 abused prescription pain relievers, which increased from 2014 ...
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An age–period–cohort–interaction analysis of meth/amphetamine‐related deaths in Australia, 2001–2020

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims The number of meth/amphetamine related deaths in Australia has quadrupled in the last 20 years, primarily due to drug toxicity and suicide among individuals in their 30s and 40s. Previous analysis of Australian meth/amphetamine‐related deaths covered limited timeframes and causes, and there has been no exploration of the ...
Oisin Stronach, Paul Dietze, Michael Livingston, Amanda Roxburgh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

County-level factors associated with a mismatch between opioid overdose mortality and availability of opioid treatment facilities.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundOpioid overdose deaths in the United States remain a major public health crisis. Little is known about counties with high rates of opioid overdose mortality but low availability of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment facilities.
John G Rizk, Jannat Saini, Kyungha Kim, Uzma Pathan, Danya M Qato   +4 more
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Changing trends in drug overdose mortality in Spain, 2001–2022

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To measure the evolution of drug overdose mortality in Spain between 2001 and 2022. Design, Setting, Participants A repeated cross‐sectional observational study using nationwide mortality data from Spain, 2001–2022, among individuals aged 15–64 years.
Florencia Giné, Marta Donat, Juan Miguel Guerras, Gregorio Barrio, María José Belza, Julieta Politi, Enrique Regidor   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking the link between substance use disorders and 30‐day unplanned readmission

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Given the more than twofold increase in the prevalence of substance use disorders in the United States in the past decade, more hospital inpatients can be expected to carry substance use disorder diagnoses, necessitating evaluation of potential links to 30‐day unplanned readmissions, a marker of quality of care.
Allison D. Rosen, Sae Takada, Catherine Juillard, Yulsi L. Fernandez Montero, Amy M. Richards, Serge Ngekeng, Steven J. Shoptaw, Michelle A. Bholat   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Kids Are Not Alright: Leveraging Existing Health Law to Attack the Opioid Crisis Upstream [PDF]

, 2019
The opioid crisis is now a nationwide epidemic, ravaging both rural and urban communities. The public health and economic consequences are staggering; recent estimates suggest the epidemic has contracted the U.S. labor market by over one million jobs and
Cannon, Yael
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Fatal drug overdoses in healthcare workers: A thematic framework analysis of coroner reports

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Healthcare workers face specific vulnerabilities for drug overdose due to their unique access to medications, clinical knowledge and work‐related stress. This study aimed to understand the characteristics of fatal overdoses in healthcare workers with a view to providing guidance for preventative strategies.
Thikra Algahtani, Siobhan Gee, Aminah Shah, Bryn D. Williams, Hayley C. Gorton, Sarah Welch, Caroline S. Copeland   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adverse Effects of Opioid Dependency on Central and Peripheral Aspects of the Neuromuscular System

, 2019
Prevalence of chronic pain and health care costs have caused an escalation of opioid dependency. The current national crisis involving opioid dependency and drug overdose are growing problems that need to be addressed.
Yang, Cindy
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A systematic review of reviews on comprehensive community initiatives to prevent or reduce alcohol and other drug harms

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Comprehensive community initiatives (CCI) aimed at reducing or preventing alcohol or other drug (AOD) harms incorporate multiple initiatives delivered to whole communities to effect community‐level change on sociocultural and environmental factors.
Peter John Gates, Andrea C. Zocco, Sara Farnbach   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mind Your Meds: Safe Opioid Disposal Awareness [PDF]

, 2019
Driven by the effects of the opioid epidemic on friends, family members, students, and patients, members of the 2019 GEHLI Team “Mission Possible” are dedicated to bolstering educational awareness of safe leftover opioid disposal methods to decrease the ...
at Virginia Commonwealth University, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Davies, Mary Ann, Fox, Jenny, Johnson, Kenneth, Papenfuse, Jennifer, Schmitt, Michelle, Zhang, Shijun, Zoghby, Lori   +7 more
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