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Engaging patients who use alcohol and other drugs: a practical approach.

, 2023
BACKGROUND: The treatment of alcohol and other drugs (AOD)-related issues is an essential skill for all general practitioners (GPs). The ongoing harm and significant burden of disease experienced by people who use AOD, as well as the impact of this on ...
Macaulay, Shani, Grinzi, Paul, Slota-Kan, Simon   +2 more
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Benefits and barriers: a rapid-ethnographic study on the perspectives of potential and actual clients of Athens’ drug consumption room

Harm Reduction Journal
Background In April 2022, a new Drug Consumption Room (DCR) opened in Athens’ city centre. To date, no qualitative research has evaluated the operational strengths and weaknesses of the site from the viewpoint of people who use drugs locally, including ...
Benjamin D. Scher, Nikolaos Poulopoulos, Christos Anastasiou, Benjamin W. Chrisinger, David K. Humphreys, Gillian W. Shorter   +5 more
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Evaluation of Digital Technologies for Home‐Based Assessment in People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Digital technologies hold promise for transforming healthcare by enhancing personalized treatments and offer valuable opportunities to improve patient care. Here, we evaluated several novel, self‐administered, home‐based, digital endpoints for their association with corresponding conventional standard clinical measures (primary) in ...
Arne Mueller, Vanessa Vallejo, Mónica Povedano Panadés, Orla Hardiman, Véronique Danel‐Brunaud, Senda Ajroud‐Driss, Philippe Couratier, Jeremy Shefner, Anna Gokey, Mike DiCesare, Erin Lennox, Jens Praestgaard, Lucie Brujin, Peggy Allred, Ram Miller   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shooting up infections among people who inject drugs in the UK, 2014. An update, November 2015. [PDF]

, 2015
Changing patterns of psychoactive drug injection are increasing risk The recent increase in the number of people injecting a range of stimulants, particularly the recently emerged psychoactive drugs such as mephedrone, is a concern. Over the past decade,

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Onasemnogene Abeparvovec in Patients With SMA: Interim Results of the RESTORE Registry in Japan

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective There are limited real‐world data regarding the safety and effectiveness of onasemnogene abeparvovec (OA; Zolgensma) infusion, a one‐time gene replacement therapy, for Japanese patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). We aimed to improve understanding of the real‐world outcomes for OA in Japan.
Kayoko Saito, Kamal Benguerba, Ken Tsuchida, Kazushige Yazawa, Isao Tsumiyama, Hiromitsu Kayama, Sandra P. Reyna, Farid Khan, Richard S. Finkel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people who use substances: a case study in Tehran

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to manage infectious disease epidemics such as Covid-19. However, the low rates of vaccination in populations at risk including people using illicit substances, hinders the effectiveness of ...
Salah Eddin Karimi, Sina Amadi, Zahra Rampisheh, Batool Tayefi, Neda Soleimanvandiazar, Peter Higgs, Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi, Ahmad Hajebi, Marzieh Nojomi, Gelavizh Karimijavan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs: a systematic review [PDF]

The Lancet HIV, 2017
Mounting evidence suggests that laws and policies prohibiting illegal drug use could have a central role in shaping health outcomes among people who inject drugs (PWID). To date, no systematic review has characterised the influence of laws and legal frameworks prohibiting drug use on HIV prevention and treatment.Consistent with PRISMA guidelines, we ...
Kora, DeBeck, Tessa, Cheng, Julio S, Montaner, Chris, Beyrer, Richard, Elliott, Susan, Sherman, Evan, Wood, Stefan, Baral   +7 more
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Long‐Term Neurologic Exam Findings in People Diagnosed and Treated During Acute HIV Infection

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Evaluate clinical and laboratory correlates of abnormal neurologic exam findings after acute HIV infection (AHI). Methods Participants from the RV254/SEARCH 010 cohort in Bangkok underwent standardized neurologic examinations at Weeks 0 (AHI), 12, 96, and 288 following antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Kathryn B. Holroyd, Tyler Hamby, Carlo Sacdalan, Somchai Sriplienchan, Pathariya Promensa, Luxenaree Poonpitak, Netsiri Dumrongpisutikul, Eugène Kroon, Sandhya Vasan, Robert Paul, Ferron O'Campo, Lydie Trautmann, Phillip Chan, Serena Spudich, on behalf of the RV254/SEARCH 010 Study Team, Julie Ake, Sandhya Vasan, Lydie Trautmann, Merlin Robb, Trevor Crowell, Donn Colby, Diane Bolton, Shelly Krebs, Leigh Ann Eller, Morgane Rolland, Rasmi Thomas, Dominic Paquin Proulx, Suteeraporn Pinyakorn, Tyler Hamby, Mark de Souza, Ellen Turk, Amber Moodley, Gerald Quarles, Jintanat Ananworanich, Denise Hsu, Victoria Polonis, Nelson Michael, Sheila Peel, COL Eric Garges, Alexandra Schuetz, Siriwat Akapirat, Bessara Nantapinit, Pornsuk Visudhiphan, Saowanit Getchalarat, Nampueng Churikanont, Sangsulee Thamakaison, Somchai Sriplienchan, Carlo Sacdalan, Pathariya Promsena, Luxe‐naree Poonpitak, Eugene Kroon, Nitiya Chomchey, Jintana Intasan, Varaporn Pothipala, Ferron Ocampo, Nittaya Phanuphak, Nipat Teeratakulpisan, Yuwaree Pichitchok, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Opass Putcharoen, Kiat Ruxrungtham, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Sopark Manasnayakorn, Phandee Watanaboonyongcharoen, Rungsun Rerknimitr, Irini Sereti, Daniel Douek, Eli Bortiz, Frank Maldarelli, Mary Kearney, Serena Spudich, Phillip Chan, Lishomwa Ndhlovu, Guinevere Li, Michael Corley, Victor Valcour, Peter Hunt, Jacob Estes, Afam Okoye, Jeff Lifson, Claire Deleage, Nicolas Chomont, Andres Finzi, Lyle McKinnon, Henrik Zetterberg, Robert Siliciano, Robert Paul, Julie Mannarino, Jonathan Li, John Mellors, Josh Cytkor, Dan Barouch, Michael Seaman, Boris Juelg, Alex Shalek, Timothy Schacker, Ashley Haase, Mario Stevenson, Wenjun Li, Arthur Kim, Sharon Lewin, Adam Carrico, Susana Valente, Fred Hutchinson, Josh Schiffer, Guido Ferrari, Beau Ances, Alberto Bosque, Katharine Bar, Killian Pohl, David Ho, Yaoxing Huang, Michael Busch, Mohamed Abdel‐Mohsen, Johanna Gostner, Brian Agan, Fatah Kashanchi, Greg Laird, Kathryn Holroyd   +118 more
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Baseline Neuroinflammation Stratifies TSPO‐PET Response to Disease‐Modifying Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate which baseline clinical and imaging characteristics best predict TSPO‐PET‐measurable reduction in glial activation following treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), to utilize this information for designing more efficient biomarker‐based clinical trials targeting glial activation.
Marlene T. Morch, Markus Matilainen, Giulia N. Baldrighi, Marjo Nylund, Maija Saraste, Laura Airas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The war on drugs is a war on us: young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South

Harm Reduction Journal
In the Global South, young people who use drugs (YPWUD) are exposed to multiple interconnected social and health harms, with many low- and middle-income countries enforcing racist, prohibitionist-based drug policies that generate physical and structural ...
M-J Stowe, Rita Gatonye, Ishwor Maharjan, Seyi Kehinde, Sidarth Arya, Jorge Herrera Valderrábano, Angela Mcbride, Florian Scheibein, Emmy Kageha Igonya, Danya Fast   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source