“Ghost tablet” husks excreted in feces in large bupropion XL overdose [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Extended-release medications are widely prescribed across the spectrum of medical specialties; however, there is heterogeneity in how they are formulated.
Nanagas, Kristine +2 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Opioid Overdose Deaths: a Spatiotemporal Analysis
Journal of urban health, 2022 The effects of the opioid crisis have varied across diverse and socioeconomically defined urban communities, due in part to widening health disparities.
R. Ghose, A. Forati, John R Mantsch
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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]
, 2010 This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Goldberg, David +5 more
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Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2017
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2018 The 63,632 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2016 represented a 21.4% increase from 2015; two thirds of these deaths involved an opioid (1).
Lawrence Scholl +4 more
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Advances in Public Health, 2022 Introduction. Bystanders at overdose events often hesitate to call 911 due to fear of police involvement. To address this, in 2016, British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) introduced a policy to not routinely inform police of overdose events ...
Amiti Mehta +5 more
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Ethanol reversal of tolerance to the respiratory depressant effects of morphine [PDF]
, 2015 Opioids are the most common drugs associated with unintentional drug overdose. Death results from respiratory depression. Prolonged use of opioids results in the development of tolerance but the degree of tolerance is thought to vary between different ...
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Amlodipine Overdose: Is High Dose Insulin Ready for Prime Time
Hearts, 2022 Overdose of amlodipine, a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (CCB), is distinguished from other CCBs due to longer plasma half-life of 30 to 58 h.
Mary Jo S. Farmer +2 more
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Spatial Concentration of Opioid Overdose Deaths in Indianapolis: An Application of the Law of Crime Concentration at Place to a Public Health Epidemic [PDF]
, 2019 The law of crime concentration at place has become a criminological axiom and the foundation for one of the strongest evidence-based policing strategies to date.
Carter, Jeremy G. +2 more
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Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response. [PDF]
, 2019 Alexander Tsai and co-authors discuss the role of stigma in responses to the US opioid ...
Barnett, Michael L +9 more
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Drug Overdose Deaths in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Network Open, 2022 This cross-sectional study describes the nationwide trends in drug overdose mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic by age, sex, and race and ethnicity.
B. Han +5 more
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