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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Effective responses to the worsening drug overdose epidemic require accurate and timely drug overdose surveillance data. The objectives of this paper are to describe the development, functionality, and accuracy of the Suspected Potential ...
Karli R. Hochstatter +5 more
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022 Background: Naloxone distributed to people at risk for opioid overdose has been associated with reduced overdose death rates; however, associations of retail pharmacy-distributed naloxone with overdose mortality have not been evaluated.
Jake R. Morgan +10 more
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“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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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021 Importance Opioid-related mortality and national prescribing guidelines have led to tapering of doses among patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain.
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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 Overdose Deaths Among Persons Aged 10–19 Years — United States, July 2019–December 2021
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2022 U.S. drug overdose deaths increased 30% from 2019 to 2020 and 15% in 2021, resulting in an estimated 108,000 deaths in 2021.* Among persons aged 14-18 years, overdose deaths increased 94% from 2019 to 2020 and 20% from 2020 to 2021 (1), although illicit ...
Lauren J. Tanz +4 more
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Spatial-temporal trends in the risk of illicit drug toxicity death in British Columbia
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Illicit drug poisoning (overdose) continues to be an important public health problem with overdose-related deaths currently recorded at an unprecedented level. Understanding the geographic variations in fatal overdose mortality is necessary to
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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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Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2005 Paroxetine is a commonly used antidepressant with a safe side-effect profile. A case of paroxetine overdose (560 mg) is reported in an 18-year-old female who attempted suicide and recovered without any sequelae, requiring only supportive treatment.
Gupta, Arun K. +4 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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