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Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges

open access: yesBioImpacts, 2022
This short letter briefly reviews the significance of opioid overdose as well as the existing approaches to combat the epidemic. It also signifies the importance of naloxone, its commercially available dosage forms, and the unmet need for developing safe and effective naloxone dosage forms that can easily be administered in emergency settings.
Samaneh Alaei, Hossein Omidian
openaire   +3 more sources

Disparities in Opioid Overdose Death Trends by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2019, From the HEALing Communities Study.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objectives. To examine trends in opioid overdose deaths by race/ethnicity from 2018 to 2019 across 67 HEALing Communities Study (HCS) communities in Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts, and Ohio. Methods.
Marc R. Larochelle   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose during the COVID-19 Pandemic across 6 US Healthcare Systems

open access: yesAnnals of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background: People with opioid use disorder (OUD) are vulnerable to disruptions in access to addiction treatment and social supports during the novel coronavirus 19 (COVID-19).
W. Soares   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Illicit Opioid Intoxication: Diagnosis and Treatment

open access: yesSubstance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2011
Opioid intoxications and overdose are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Opioid overdose may occur in the setting of intravenous or intranasal heroin use, illicit use of diverted opioid medications, intentional or accidental misuse of
A. Fareed   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of a Peer-Led Behavioral Intervention for Emergency Department Patients at High Risk of Fatal Opioid Overdose

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question Can peer-led behavioral interventions in the emergency department for patients who have had a recent opioid overdose increase short-term treatment engagement after the emergency department visit?
F. Beaudoin   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Behavioral intervention to reduce opioid overdose among high-risk persons with opioid use disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
The United States is amidst an opioid epidemic, including synthetic opioids that may result in rapid death, leaving minimal opportunity for bystander rescue.
Phillip Oliver Coffin   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and validation of a risk-score model for opioid overdose using a national claims database

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Opioid overdose can be serious adverse effects of opioid analgesics. Thus, several strategies to mitigate risk and reduce the harm of opioid overdose have been developed.
Kyu-Nam Heo, Ju-yeun Lee, Young-Mi Ah
doaj   +1 more source

U.S. Military veterans and the opioid overdose crisis: a review of risk factors and prevention efforts

open access: yesAnnals medicus, 2022
U.S. military veterans have been heavily impacted by the opioid overdose crisis, with drug overdose mortality rates increasing by 53% from 2010–2019. Risk for overdose among veterans is complex and influenced by ongoing interaction among physiological ...
Alex S. Bennett   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modeling dynamics of fatal opioid overdose by state and across time

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2020
Opioid overdose fatalities include deaths from natural opioids (morphine and codeine), semi-synthetic opioids (oxycodone, hydrocodone), synthetic opioids (prescription and illicit fentanyl, tramadol), methadone, and heroin.
R. Lyle Cooper   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mental disorder and opioid overdose: a systematic review

open access: yesSocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2021
This systematic review summarizes and presents the current state of research quantifying the relationship between mental disorder and overdose for people who use opioids. The protocol was published in Open Science Framework.
Jenna van Draanen   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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