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Factors Associated With Opioid Overdose After an Initial Opioid Prescription

JAMA Network Open, 2022
This cohort study investigates patient- and prescription-related factors associated with opioid-related fatal or nonfatal overdose among opioid-naive individuals receiving an initial opioid prescription.
S. Weiner, Sanae El Ibrahimi, Michelle A. Hendricks, Sara E Hallvik, C. Hildebran, M. Fischer, R. Weiss, E. Boyer, P. Kreiner, Dagan Wright, D. Flores, G. Ritter   +11 more
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A Bayesian Spatio-temporal Model to Optimize Allocation of Buprenorphine in North Carolina

Statistics and Public Policy, 2023
The opioid epidemic is an ongoing public health crisis. In North Carolina, overdose deaths due to illicit opioid overdose have sharply increased over the last 5–7 years. Buprenorphine is a U.S.
Qianyu Dong, David Kline, Staci A. Hepler   +2 more
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Estimating Weekly National Opioid Overdose Deaths in Near Real Time Using Multiple Proxy Data Sources

JAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question Can proxy data sources be used to estimate national opioid overdose mortality trends in near real time? Finding In this cross-sectional time series analysis, signals from 5 overdose-related, proxy data sources encompassing health, law
S. Sumner, Daniel A. Bowen, Kristin M. Holland, M. Zwald, Alana M. Vivolo-Kantor, G. Guy, William J. Heuett, DeMia Pressley, Christopher M. Jones   +8 more
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Prevention of Fatal Opioid Overdose [PDF]

JAMA, 2012
Opioid overdose is a burgeoning public health crisis, accounting for at least 16 000 deaths annually in the United States.1 Opioid overdose occurs across sex, ethnic, age, and geographic strata and involves both medical and nonmedical opioid use. To date, federal government response has focused primarily on monitoring and securing the drug supply.1 ...
Leo, Beletsky, Josiah D, Rich, Alexander Y, Walley   +2 more
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A Case Report of a Novel Harm Reduction Intervention Used to Detect Opioid Overdose in the Emergency Department

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction: As over 130 people die daily from opioid overdose in the United States, harm reduction strategies have become increasingly important.
Kraftin E. Schreyer, Saloni Malik, Andrea Blome, Joseph L. D’Orazio   +3 more
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, Social Vulnerability, and Opioid Overdoses in Chicago

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: This research was undertaken to examine the individual and neighborhood drivers that contributed to increases in opioid overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Randall W. Knoebel, PharmD, MPH, Sage J. Kim, PhD   +1 more
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Effectiveness of naloxone distribution in community settings to reduce opioid overdose deaths among people who use drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health
It is estimated that over 111,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose in the twelve-month period ending in July 2023. More than three-quarters of those deaths were attributed to opioids.
Leah S. Fischer, A. Asher, Renee Stein, Jeffrey Becasen, Amanda Doreson, Jonathan Mermin, Martin I. Meltzer, B. Edlin   +7 more
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Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Nonfatal Opioid Overdose and Association With Mortality

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018
The United States is in the midst of a crisis of opioid-related harms (1). Some efforts to address this crisis focus on expanding access to effective treatment of opioid use disorders (OUDs) (2).
Marc R. Larochelle, Dana Bernson, T. Land, T. Stopka, Na Wang, Z. Xuan, S. Bagley, J. Liebschutz, A. Walley   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Real-world study of multiple naloxone administration for opioid overdose reversal among bystanders

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background The increasing prevalence of highly potent, illicitly manufactured fentanyl and its analogues (IMF) in the USA is exacerbating the opioid epidemic which has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Randa Abdelal, A. Raja Banerjee, Suzanne Carlberg-Racich, Neyla Darwaza, D. Ito, J. Shoaff, J. Epstein   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preventing opioid overdose with peer-administered naloxone: findings from a rural state

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background In response to the opioid epidemic, naloxone distribution programs aim to prevent overdose death by making naloxone available and training people to use it.
Bridget L. Hanson, Rebecca R. Porter, Amanda L. Zöld, Heather Terhorst-Miller   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source