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Preventing opioid overdoses in Europe:a critical assessment of known risk factors and preventative measures [PDF]

, 2012
This report is the outcome of a project into opioid overdoses. The remit was to focus on finding practical methods of overdose prevention. In order to fulfil this remit, a critical review of existing knowledge on overdose prevention was conducted.
Frisher, Martin, Crome, Ilana, Baldacchino, Alexander Mario, Bloor, Roger, Baldacchino, Alex   +4 more
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Facilitating access to supervised smoking facilities: a qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction The implementation of supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) as a harm reduction intervention has public health benefits for people who inhale drugs, but there are significant knowledge gaps surrounding the perspectives of SSF visitors and ...
Courteney Wettemann, Jeffrey Morgan, Tara Taylor, Ardina Boll, Scott Maxwell, Lindsey Richardson, Seonaid Nolan, Jenna van Draanen   +7 more
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Physicians’ Self-Reported Knowledge and Behaviors Related to Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain and Diagnosing Opioid Use Disorder, DocStyles, 2020

AJPM Focus
Introduction: In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline) to improve opioid prescribing while minimizing associated ...
Kathleen R. Ragan-Burnett, MSPH, C. Robinette Curtis, MD, Kristine M. Schmit, MD, Christina A. Mikosz, MD, Lyna Z. Schieber, MD, Gery P. Guy, Jr, PhD, Tamara M. Haegerich, PhD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid Education and Nasal Naloxone Rescue Kits in the Emergency Department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
Introduction: Emergency departments (EDs) may be high-yield venues to address opioid deaths with education on both overdose prevention and appropriate actions in a witnessed overdose.
Dwyer, Kristin , Walley, Alexander Y. , Langlois, Breanne K. , Mitchell, Patricia M. , Nelson, Kerrie P. , Cromwell, John, Bernstein, Edward   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personal experience and awareness of opioid overdose occurrence among peers and willingness to administer naloxone in South Africa: findings from a three-city pilot survey of homeless people who use drugs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Drug overdoses occur when the amount of drug or combination of drugs consumed is toxic and negatively affects physiological functioning. Opioid overdoses are responsible for the majority of overdose deaths worldwide.
Michael Wilson, Amanda Brumwell, M. J. Stowe, Shaun Shelly, Andrew Scheibe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early intravenous lipid emulsion therapy for diphenhydramine overdose: a case report

Toxicology Communications, 2021
Diphenhydramine (DPH) is a lipophilic inverse agonist at the histamine receptor. Overdoses usually present with anticholinergic symptoms. Wide-complex tachycardia decompensating into cardiovascular collapse may occur in larger overdoses. Here we report a
Joseph Clemons, Arvinder Jandu, Brandon Stein, Michael A. Chary   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient Preference for Pain Medication in the Emergency Department Is Associated with Non-fatal Overdose History

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Opioid overdose is a major public health problem. Emergency physicians need information to better assess a patient’s risk for overdose or opioid-related harms.
Lauren K. Whiteside, Jason Goldstick, Aaron Dora-Laskey, Laura Thomas, Maureen Walton, Rebecca Cunningham, Amy S.B. Bohnert   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

New psychoactive substances (NPS) identified in Canada: Results of the online NPS survey (2020–2023)

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Purpose and scope: New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a broad class of compounds that are typically designed to mimic illicit substances and circumvent legislative controls.
Sophie Rymill, Lexy Candler, Pavitra Ramachandran, Chantal Bacev-Giles, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Stephane Racine, Nancy He, Michelle Ross, Susantha Mohottalage   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overdose prevention activities led by local public health departments, 2019–2023

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Drug overdose deaths in the United States increased to historic levels in recent years, with provisional estimates indicating more than 111,000 deaths in the 12 months ending July 2023. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
April Wisdom, Stephanie Haddad, Madhumita Govindu, Francis Higgins, Nikki Filion, Kate Sullivan, Cherie Rooks-Peck   +6 more
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Patterns of health care utilization among people who overdosed from illegal drugs: a descriptive analysis using the BC Provincial Overdose Cohort

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2018
Introduction: British Columbia (BC) declared a public health emergency in April 2016 in response to a rapid rise in overdose deaths. Further understanding of health care utilization is needed to inform prevention strategies for individuals who overdose ...
Michael C. Otterstatter, Alexis Crabtree, Sabina Dobrer, Brooke Kinniburgh, Salman Klar, Anthony Leamon, Jennifer May-Hadford, Christopher Mill, Mina Park, Andrew W. Tu, Lu Zheng   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source