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Trends in and Characteristics of Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyls — United States, 2019–2020

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021
During May 2020-April 2021, the estimated number of drug overdose deaths in the United States exceeded 100,000 over a 12-month period for the first time, with 64.0% of deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (mainly illicitly manufactured
J. O'Donnell, Lauren J. Tanz, R. Gladden, N. Davis, Jessica Bitting   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pilot findings on the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for drug residue testing and the importance of secondary testing methods

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: Xylazine is a sedative found increasingly in the illicit fentanyl supply that can cause hypotension, bradycardia, necrosis and death. This pilot examined the real-world performance of BTNX xylazine test strips (XTS) in drug residue samples ...
Erin Thompson, Jessica Tardif, Merci Ujeneza, Adina Badea, Traci C. Green, Haley McKee, Michelle McKenzie, Ju Nyeong Park   +7 more
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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
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Association of Methamphetamine and Opioid Use With Nonfatal Overdose in Rural Communities

JAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question How frequently are methamphetamine and opioid use associated with nonfatal overdose in rural communities? Findings In this cross-sectional, multistate study of rural communities, 79% of people using drugs reported past-30-day ...
P. Korthuis, R. Cook, C. Foot, Gillian J. Leichtling, J. Tsui, T. Stopka, J. Leahy, W. Jenkins, Robin Baker, Brian Chan, H. Crane, H. Cooper, Judith Feinberg, W. Zule, V. Go, A. Estadt, R. Nance, Gordon S Smith, R. Westergaard, B. Van Ham, Randall T Brown, A. Young   +21 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implementation and evaluation of interprofessional overdose review team recommendations following intentional or accidental overdose events [PDF]

Mental Health Clinician
Drug overdose death rates in the United States remain high despite efforts to mitigate this risk. Many communities and hospitals across the country have implemented overdose review teams, including local overdose fatality review teams or postoverdose ...
Monica Barrett, PharmD, BCPP, Sarah Kemerer, PharmD, Michelle Colvard, PharmD, BCPP   +2 more
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CASTNet: Community-Attentive Spatio-Temporal Networks for Opioid Overdose Forecasting

, 2019
Opioid overdose is a growing public health crisis in the United States. This crisis, recognized as "opioid epidemic," has widespread societal consequences including the degradation of health, and the increase in crime rates and family problems.
A Kennedy-Hendricks, A Kolodny, AM Ertugrul, DS Burke, H Jalal, M Pierce, M Warner, NB King, PJ Gruenewald, R Hammersley, RA Rudd, S Hochreiter, S Scardapane, T Bennett, T Seddon   +14 more
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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
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Overdose Prevention and Response A guide for people who use drugs and harm reduction staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [PDF]

, 2009
Provides an overview of the drug overdose problem in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; describes overdose symptoms, factors that affect overdose risk, prevention methods, and step-by-step responses to an overdose.
Curtis, Matt, Guterman, Lydia
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Concentrated burdens: how self-interest and partisanship shape opinion on opioid treatment policy [PDF]

, 2019
When does self-interest influence public opinion on contentious public policies? The bulk of theory in political science suggests that self-interest is only a minor force in public opinion.
De Benedictis-Kessner, Justin, Hankinson, Michael   +1 more
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TMC4 localizes to multiple taste cell types in the mouse taste papillae

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Transmembrane channel‐like 4 (TMC4), a voltage‐dependent chloride channel, plays a critical role in amiloride‐insensitive salty taste transduction. TMC4 is broadly expressed in all mature taste cell types, suggesting a possible involvement of multiple cell types in this pathway.
Momo Murata, Yoshikazu Saito, Yoichi Kasahara, Wataru Fujii, Takumi Misaka, Tomiko Asakura, Masataka Narukawa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source