Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Arum, H Fraser, AA Artenie, S Bivegete… - The Lancet public …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk for HIV and hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection and also have high levels of homelessness and unstable housing. We …

Hepatitis C reinfection after successful antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs: A meta-analysis

B Hajarizadeh, EB Cunningham, H Valerio… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims HCV reinfection following successful treatment can compromise
treatment outcomes. This systematic review assessed the rate of HCV reinfection following …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence on buprenorphine dose limits: a review

LA Grande, D Cundiff, MK Greenwald… - Journal of addiction …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objectives As overdose deaths from fentanyl continue to increase, optimizing use of
medications for opioid use disorder has become increasingly important. Buprenorphine is a …

Treatment of opioid use disorder in primary care

M Buresh, R Stern, D Rastegar - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a common, treatable chronic disease that can be effectively
managed in primary care settings. Untreated OUD is associated with considerable morbidity …

The impact of relaxing restrictions on take-home doses during the COVID-19 pandemic on program effectiveness and client experiences in opioid agonist treatment: a …

A Adams, S Blawatt, T Magel, S MacDonald… - … , Prevention, and Policy, 2023 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented relaxation of restrictions on
take-home doses in opioid agonist treatment (OAT). We conducted a mixed methods …

Comprehensive needle and syringe program and opioid agonist therapy reduce HIV and hepatitis c virus acquisition among people who inject drugs in different …

DK van Santen, S Lodi, P Dietze, W Van Den Boom… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Although the Netherlands, Canada and Australia were early
adopters of harm reduction for people who inject drugs (PWID), their respective HIV and …

[HTML][HTML] Co-constructing a community-based telemedicine program for people with opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and …

SB Høj, C de Montigny, S Chougar… - JMIR Public Health …, 2023 - publichealth.jmir.org
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented expansion of telemedicine, including in
the delivery of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2019

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-second consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Shared decision-making and client-reported dose satisfaction in a longitudinal cohort receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT)

S Beaumont, T Magel, S MacDonald, S Harrison… - … , Prevention, and Policy, 2024 - Springer
Background Across different types of oral Opioid Agonist Treatment for people with Opioid
Use Disorder, receiving a dose that meets their needs is associated with better outcomes …

Initiation of opioid agonist treatment and subsequent substance use and other patterns among adolescents and young adults in Vancouver, Canada

A Pilarinos, D Fast, E Nosova, Y Kwa, R Joe… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Opioid agonist treatments (OAT) are effective interventions for reducing illicit
opioid use; however, less is known about OAT among adolescents and young adults (AYA) …