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Experience of heroin overdose among drug users attending general practice. [PDF]

, 2000
Heroin overdose is responsible for significant mortality. It has not previously been highlighted as an important prevention or care issue for general practitioners involved in the management of drug misuse.
Cullen, Walter, Bury, Gerard, Langton, Deirdre   +2 more
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Trends and characteristics of accidental and intentional codeine overdose deaths in Australia [PDF]

, 2015
Examines trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and toxicological characteristics of codeine-related deaths. Abstract Objectives: To examine trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and ...
Amanda Roxburgh, Eva Saar, Jennifer Pilgrim, Louisa Degenhardt, Lucinda Burns, Suzanne Nielsen, Wayne D Hall   +6 more
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Disparities in the accuracy of reporting opioid overdoses to 9-1-1 by race and sex of overdose victim, Marion County, Indiana, 2011–2020

Health & Justice
Objectives To assess the prevalence of emergency medical incidents wherein naloxone was administered but overdose was not described as the chief complaint during the 9-1-1 call, including differences by overdose victim race/ethnicity and sex.
Danielle N. Atkins, Brandon del Pozo, MH Clark, Barbara Andraka-Christou, Daniel O’Donnell, Bradley Ray   +5 more
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Provider Education & Requirements for Opioid Prescriptions [PDF]

, 2017
Nationally, there has been a surge in the opioid prescription crisis with associated overdose deaths. Vermont is no exception, with increasing opioid overdose related deaths within the last 10 years.
Leung, Lawrence J
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Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 Schifano, Chiappini, Corkery and Guirguis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Chiappini, Stephania, Corkery, John, Guirguis, Amira, Schifano, Fabrizio   +3 more
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Drug overdose among women in intimate relationships: The role of partner violence, adversity and relationship dependencies.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThis study examines the relationship between experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), exposure to prior childhood adversity, lifetime adverse experiences, drug-related relationship dependencies with intimate partners and overdose ...
Nabila El-Bassel, Phillip L Marotta, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Mingway Chang, Tim Hunt, Ewin Wu, Louisa Gilbert   +6 more
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Antidote application: an educational system for treatment of common toxin overdose [PDF]

, 2017
Poisonings account for almost 1% of emergency room visits each year. Time is a critical factor in dealing with a toxicologic emergency. Delay in dispensing the first antidote dose can lead to life-threatening sequelae.
Brusic, V., Chitkushev, L., Long, J., Zhang, G., Zhang, Y.   +4 more
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Impact of UNODC/WHO S-O-S (stop-overdose-safely) training on opioid overdose knowledge and attitudes among people at high or low risk of opioid overdose in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction Opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) is an evidence-based strategy to reduce opioid overdose deaths in line with guidance provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...
Paul Dietze, Samantha Colledge-Frisby, Gilberto Gerra, Vladimir Poznyak, Giovanna Campello, Wataru Kashino, Dzhonbek Dzhonbekov, Tetiana Kiriazova, Danil Nikitin, Assel Terlikbayeva, Kirsten Horsburgh, Anja Busse, Dzmitry Krupchanka   +12 more
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The Heroin Crisis Act: What You Need to Know about the New Law [PDF]

, 2015
The Heroin Crisis Act aims to address the heroin epidemic in Illinois through improved access to treatment and expanded overdose prevention activities.
Daniel Rabbitt
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UFO Presents! A viral hepatitis prevention and education program for young adult IDUs [PDF]

, 2009
UFO Presents! is a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded program providing much needed hepatitis education, prevention and care services for youth and young adults with injection risk in San Francisco, CA.

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