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Trends and Geographic Patterns in Drug and Synthetic Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2019

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021
Deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (synthetic opioids), which largely consist of illicitly manufactured fentanyl; psychostimulants with abuse potential (e.g., methamphetamine); and cocaine have increased in recent years, particularly
C. Mattson, Lauren J. Tanz, K. Quinn, M. Kariisa, Priyam Patel, N. Davis   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Racial/ethnic disparities in opioid overdose prevention: comparison of the naloxone care cascade in White, Latinx, and Black people who use opioids in New York City

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Drug overdose mortality is rising precipitously among Black people who use drugs. In NYC, the overdose mortality rate is now highest in Black (38.2 per 100,000) followed by the Latinx (33.6 per 100,000) and white (32.7 per 100,000) residents ...
Maria R. Khan, Lee Hoff, Luther Elliott, Joy D. Scheidell, John R. Pamplin, T. Townsend, Natalia M. Irvine, Alex S. Bennett   +7 more
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Opioid Overdose: Limitations in Naloxone Reversal of Respiratory Depression and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest

Anesthesiology, 2023
Opioids are effective analgesics, but they can have harmful adverse effects, such as addiction and potentially fatal respiratory depression. Naloxone is currently the only available treatment for reversing the negative effects of opioids, including ...
Maarten A van Lemmen, J. Florian, Zhihua Li, Monique van Velzen, Eveline L. A. van Dorp, M. Niesters, E. Sarton, E. Olofsen, Rutger van der Schrier, D. Strauss, A. Dahan   +10 more
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Identifying drivers of increasing opioid overdose deaths among black individuals: a qualitative model drawing on experience of peers and community health workers

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Black individuals in the USA face disproportionate increases in rates of fatal opioid overdose despite federal efforts to mitigate the opioid crisis.
Devin E. Banks, Alex Duello, Maria E. Paschke, S. Grigsby, R. Winograd   +4 more
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The Effect of Naloxone Access Laws on Fatal Synthetic Opioid Overdose Fatality Rates

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2023
Background: Increases in fatal synthetic opioid overdoses over the past 8 years have left states scrambling for effective means to curtail these deaths. Many states have implemented policies and increased service capacity to address this rise.
Mohammad A Tabatabai, R. Cooper, D. Wilus, Ryan Edgerton, A. Ramesh, Samuel A. Macmaster, P. N. Patel, Karan P. Singh   +7 more
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Association of Household Opioid Availability With Opioid Overdose

JAMA Network Open, 2023
Key Points Question What role do household opioid prescription availability and prescription characteristics play in an individual’s odds of opioid overdose?
Michelle A. Hendricks, Sanae El Ibrahimi, G. Ritter, Diana Flores, Michael A Fischer, R. Weiss, Dagan Wright, S. Weiner   +7 more
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Acute opioid overdose in pediatric patients. [PDF]

J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
Sandelich S, Hooley G, Hsu G, Rose E, Ruttan T, Schwarz ES, Simon E, Sulton C, Wall J, Dietrich AM.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

The rise of illicit fentanyls, stimulants and the fourth wave of the opioid overdose crisis

Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2021
Purpose of review This review provides an update on recently published literature on the rise of illicit fentanyls, risks for overdose, combinations with other substances, e.g. stimulants, consequences, and treatment.
D. Ciccarone
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The association of criminal justice supervision setting with overdose mortality: a longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]

, 2020
Background and aimsDespite the high prevalence of substance use among people in the US criminal justice system, little is known about the incidence of overdose mortality by use patterns, drug convictions and supervision setting.
Anderson R. N., Aos S., Bronson J., Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Kaeble D., Kaeble D., Michigan Judicial Institute, National Center for Health Statistics, Zeng Z.   +8 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source