[HTML][HTML] Treatment of opioid overdose: current approaches and recent advances

SC Britch, SL Walsh - Psychopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Background The USA has recently entered the third decade of the opioid epidemic. Opioid
overdose deaths reached a new record of over 74,000 in a 12-month period ending April …

A scoping review of post opioid-overdose interventions

SM Bagley, SF Schoenberger, KM Waye, AY Walley - Preventive medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Nonfatal opioid overdose is a significant risk factor for subsequent fatal
overdose. The time after a nonfatal overdose may provide a critical engagement opportunity …

Tramadol prescription over a 4-year period in the USA

LM Bigal, K Bibeau, S Dunbar - Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Deaths associated to tramadol, a synthetic opioid, are rising
globally. Herein, we characterize prescription patterns of tramadol relative to other opioids in …

Fentanyl epidemic hits the US West Coast: Opioid-related deaths in San Francisco from 2009–2019

KL West, K Lindquist, LN Rodda - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Opioid-use disorders have led to a nationwide epidemic of accidental
overdoses in the United States. In recent years this opioid epidemic has worsened due to …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency care with lay responders in underserved populations: a systematic review

AM Orkin, J Venugopal, JD Curran… - Bulletin of the World …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To assess the individual and community health effects of task shifting for
emergency care in low-resource settings and underserved populations worldwide. Methods …

[图书][B] Considering heroin-assisted treatment and supervised drug consumption sites in the United States

B Kilmer, J Taylor, JP Caulkins, PA Mueller, AJ Ober… - 2018 - ehidc.org
Current levels of opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the United States are staggering.
Data for 2017 indicate that there were more than 47,000 opioid-involved overdose deaths …

Racial/ethnic disparities in opioid-related mortality in the USA, 1999–2019: the extreme case of Washington DC

MV Kiang, AC Tsai, MJ Alexander, DH Rehkopf… - Journal of Urban …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract In 2019, there were nearly 50,000 opioid-related deaths in the US, with substantial
variation across sociodemographic groups and geography. To systematically investigate …

Fentanyl overdose concerns among people who inject drugs: The role of sex, racial minority status, and overdose prevention efforts.

AA Jones, KE Schneider, CT Mahlobo… - Psychology of …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) have an elevated risk of fentanyl-related
overdoses. This study explores fentanyl overdose concerns among PWID and the role of …

Emergency medical services targeting opioid user disorder: An exploration of current out‐of‐hospital post‐overdose interventions

T Champagne‐Langabeer… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The opioid epidemic continues to escalate, and out‐of‐hospital emergency
medical services (EMS) play a vital role in acute overdose reversal, but could serve a …

Identifying high-risk areas for nonfatal opioid overdose: a spatial case-control study using EMS run data

J Pesarsick, M Gwilliam, O Adeniran, T Rudisill… - Annals of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The objective of our study was to incorporate stricter probable nonfatal opioid
overdose case criteria, and advanced epidemiologic approaches to more reliably detect …