Association of opioid agonist treatment with all-cause mortality and specific causes of death among people with opioid dependence: a systematic review and meta …

T Santo, B Clark, M Hickman, J Grebely… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Mortality among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the
general population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid …

The prevalence of non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs: A multi-stage systematic review and meta-analysis

S Colledge, A Peacock, J Leung, S Larney… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at an elevated risk of fatal overdose in the
first year after experiencing a non-fatal event. Such non-fatal events may also result in …

Medication for opioid use disorder after nonfatal opioid overdose and association with mortality: a cohort study

MR Larochelle, D Bernson, T Land… - Annals of internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
Background: Opioid overdose survivors have an increased risk for death. Whether use of
medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) after overdose is associated with mortality is not …

Global patterns of opioid use and dependence: harms to populations, interventions, and future action

L Degenhardt, J Grebely, J Stone, M Hickman… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
We summarise the evidence for medicinal uses of opioids, harms related to the extramedical
use of, and dependence on, these drugs, and a wide range of interventions used to address …

Situating the continuum of overdose risk in the social determinants of health: a new conceptual framework

JN Park, S Rouhani, LEO Beletsky… - The Milbank …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Policy Points This article reconceptualizes our understanding of the opioid epidemic and
proposes six strategies that address the epidemic's social roots. In order to successfully …

Emergency department visits for nonfatal opioid overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic across six US health care systems

WE Soares III, ER Melnick, B Nath, G D'Onofrio… - Annals of Emergency …, 2022 - Elsevier
Study objective People with opioid use disorder are vulnerable to disruptions in access to
addiction treatment and social support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study objective …

Touchpoints–opportunities to predict and prevent opioid overdose: a cohort study

MR Larochelle, R Bernstein, D Bernson, T Land… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Medical care, public health, and criminal justice systems encounters could
serve as touchpoints to identify and intervene with individuals at high-risk of opioid overdose …

[HTML][HTML] The opioid-overdose reduction continuum of care approach (ORCCA): evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study

T Winhusen, A Walley, LC Fanucchi, T Hunt… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The number of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the United States remains a
national crisis. The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) will test whether Communities That …

Unintentional drug overdose: Is more frequent use of non-prescribed buprenorphine associated with lower risk of overdose?

RG Carlson, R Daniulaityte, SM Silverstein… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Unintentional drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels in the US This
study tests the hypothesis that people who have used non-prescribed buprenorphine more …

Prevalence of childhood maltreatment among people with opioid use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

T Santo Jr, G Campbell, N Gisev, LT Tran… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Experience of childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for opioid use
disorder (OUD). CM is also associated with comorbid mental disorders and poor treatment …