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Is systematic training in opioid overdose prevention effective? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The objectives were to analyze the knowledge about overdose prevention, the use of naloxone, and the number of fatal overdoses after the implementation of Systematic Training in Overdose Prevention (STOOP) program. We conducted a quasi-experimental study,
Albert Espelt +7 more
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The role of concomitant drugs in the aetiology of fatal heroin- and methadone- related overdose [PDF]
, 2008 Heroin and methadone poisoning are significant causes of death of young people in the United Kingdom. In a high proportion of these fatalities concomitant substances are also detected.
Oliver, Phillip
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The evolution of the overdose epidemic and CDC’s research response: a commentary
Drugs in Context, 2021 The United States drug overdose epidemic has reached an all-time high, with 2020 provisional mortality data indicating that over 90,000 lives were lost to drug overdose in the 12-months ending in December 2020. The overdose epidemic has evolved over time
Kristin M Holland +4 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 Objectives Unpredictable fluctuations in the illicit drug market increase overdose risk. Drug checking, or the use of technology to provide insight into the contents of illicit drug products, is an overdose prevention strategy with an emerging evidence ...
Jennifer J. Carroll +4 more
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023 Background: Limited data exist on risk factors for illicit stimulant use, including associations between prescription stimulant use/nonmedical use (NMU) and illicit stimulant use.
Cassandra M. Pickens +4 more
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Journal of Cannabis Research, 2023 Background Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a psychoactive cannabinoid from the cannabis plant that can be synthetically converted from cannabidiol (CBD).
Erin K. Bradley +3 more
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Prevention of Fatal Opioid Overdose [PDF]
JAMA, 2012 Opioid overdose is a burgeoning public health crisis, accounting for at least 16 000 deaths annually in the United States.1 Opioid overdose occurs across sex, ethnic, age, and geographic strata and involves both medical and nonmedical opioid use. To date, federal government response has focused primarily on monitoring and securing the drug supply.1 ...
Leo, Beletsky +2 more
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Countermeasures for Preventing and Treating Opioid Overdose [PDF]
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 The only medication available currently to prevent and treat opioid overdose (naloxone) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nearly 50 years ago. Because of its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties, naloxone has limited utility under some conditions and would not be effective to counteract mass casualties involving large ...
France, Charles P. +22 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 Prevention of Opioid Overdose This review explains harm-reduction strategies for three groups of patients: those who have not received previous opioid therapy, those receiving long-term opioid ther...
Kavita M. Babu +2 more
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Pharmacy, 2023 There have been increases in prescriptions of high strength opioids for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP), but CNCP patients perceive themselves as being at low risk of opioid overdose and generally have limited overdose awareness.
Joe Schofield +10 more
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