Mental disorder and opioid overdose: a systematic review

J van Draanen, C Tsang, S Mitra, V Phuong… - Social psychiatry and …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This systematic review summarizes and presents the current state of research
quantifying the relationship between mental disorder and overdose for people who use …

A global systematic review and meta-analysis on illicit drug consumption rate through wastewater-based epidemiology

S Zarei, Y Salimi, E Repo, N Daglioglu, Z Safaei… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a complementary, well-established
comprehensive, cost-effective, and rapid technique for monitoring of illicit drugs used in a …

Codeine use and harms in Australia: evaluating the effects of re‐scheduling

R Cairns, AL Schaffer, JA Brown, SA Pearson… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Globally, codeine is the most‐used opioid. In December 2016,
Australia announced that low‐strength codeine (≤ 15 mg) would be re‐scheduled and no …

The extent and correlates of community‐based pharmaceutical opioid utilisation in Australia

L Degenhardt, N Gisev, E Cama… - … and Drug Safety, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose There has been concern regarding the increasing use of opioids and related harm.
We present data on opioid utilisation across Australia and consider sociodemographic …

[HTML][HTML] Misappropriation of the 1986 WHO analgesic ladder: the pitfalls of labelling opioids as weak or strong

J Crush, N Levy, RD Knaggs, DN Lobo - British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2022 - Elsevier
Opioids have a vital role in alleviating pain from cancer and surgery. Despite good
intentions, it is now recognised that the original WHO Cancer Pain Relief guidance from …

Refining the excretion factors of methadone and codeine for wastewater analysis—combining data from pharmacokinetic and wastewater studies

PK Thai, FY Lai, R Bruno, E van Dyken, W Hall… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
Analysing drug residues in wastewater (wastewater analysis) to monitor the consumption of
those drugs in the population has become a complementary method to epidemiological …

Deaths from opioid overdosing: implications of coroners' inquest reports 2008–2012 and annual rise in opioid prescription rates: a population-based cohort study

EE Shipton, AJ Shipton, JA Williman, EA Shipton - Pain and Therapy, 2017 - Springer
Introduction In the late 1990s multiple physicians and advocacy organizations promoted
increased use of opioids for the treatment of acute, chronic and cancer pain. There has been …

Characteristics and circumstances of heroin and pharmaceutical opioid overdose deaths: comparison across opioids

A Roxburgh, WD Hall, N Gisev, L Degenhardt - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Although much is known about the correlates of heroin overdose, less is known
about pharmaceutical opioid (PO) overdose. This study aimed to examine correlates of …

The impact of codeine re‐scheduling on misuse: a retrospective review of calls to Australia's largest poisons centre

R Cairns, JA Brown, NA Buckley - Addiction, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Codeine is the most commonly used opioid in the world, and is
available over the counter (OTC) in many countries, including Australia. Several countries …

[HTML][HTML] Intentional self‐harm and assault hospitalisations and treatment cost of children in Australia over a 10‐year period

RJ Mitchell, R Seah, HP Ting, K Curtis… - Australian and New …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective: To examine the magnitude, 10‐year temporal trends and treatment cost of
intentional injury hospitalisations of children aged≤ 16 years in Australia. Method: A …