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Differential expression of NPAS4 in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex following opioid overdose
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022 Background: Although preclinical models reveal the neurobiological pathways altered through opioid abuse, comprehensive assessments of gene expression in human brain samples are needed.
David W. Sosnowski +8 more
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PLoS ONEBackgroundOpioid overdose deaths pose a serious public health concern in the United States, with disproportionately higher rates of increase among Black Americans despite expanded naloxone access.
Shin Hyung Lee +5 more
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Unemployment and opioid overdose death patterns in the United States from 2017 to 2019
Interdisciplinary Journal of Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: Unemployment has been linked to increased opioid-related harms such as opioid overdose deaths. Identifying hotspots and coldspots across the United States (US) can be crucial to understanding health resources and leveraging strategies ...
Rana Khafagy +2 more
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Annals of Medicine, 2022 Introduction An estimated 100,306 people died from an overdose from May 2020 to April 2021. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are often the first responder to opioid overdose, and EMS encounter records can provide granular epidemiologic data on opioid ...
Chen Dun +4 more
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Psychiatry and the Opioid Overdose Crisis
Focus, 2019 For the third year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an unprecedented decline in life expectancy for the United States, a decline attributable mainly to drug overdose deaths and suicides. Drug overdoses have continued to rise and are now estimated to account for 70,237 deaths in 2017. The root causes of the modern opioid
Bertha K, Madras, Hilary, Connery
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Using naloxone to reverse opioid overdose in the workplace: information for employers and workers [PDF]
"Opioid misuse and overdose deaths from opioids are serious health issues in the United States. Overdose deaths involving prescription and illicit opioids doubled from 2010 to 2016, with more than 42,000 deaths in 2016 [CDC 2016a].
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The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the perspectives of mental health and substance use providers who supported people released from custody during the pandemic in Ontario, Canada, with a focus on service disruptions, adaptations, and experiences. We conducted 20 in‐depth qualitative interviews and analysed these using Applied Thematic Analysis.
Lucas M. Seuren +6 more
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Synthetic opioids have disrupted conventional wisdom for treating opioid overdose
Drug and Alcohol Dependence ReportsMore than 90 % of opioid overdose deaths in North America are now caused by synthetic opioids, and while they are not as prevalent in the European illicit drug market, there are indications that they may become so in the near future.
Phil Skolnick +2 more
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Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Hospitalists care for patients with acute pain who have an opioid use disorder and require pain management. Hospitalists may withhold opioids for acute pain due to a variety of reasons. However, adequate pain management in patients with opioid use disorder, including with opioids, is the standard of care. This piece explains how to best manage
Anna‐Maria South +2 more
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A Case of Opioid Overdose? Or Is It? [PDF]
The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 2018 A 28-year-old man was found unresponsive at home by a roommate. When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, he was found to have miosis and was cyanotic with respiratory depression. He was unresponsive to intranasal naloxone (2 mg) that was administered via mucosal atomizer twice.
Deborah, French, Roy R, Gerona
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