Worldwide prevalence and trends in unintentional drug overdose: a systematic review of the literature

SS Martins, L Sampson… - American journal of …, 2015 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Background. Drug overdose is an important, yet an inadequately understood, public health
problem. Global attention to unintentional drug overdose has been limited by comparison …

Alcohol use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: current knowledge, implications, and future directions

EC Williams, JA Hahn, R Saitz, K Bryant… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol use is common among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In
this narrative review, we describe literature regarding alcohol's impact on transmission, care …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Vital signs: trends in emergency department visits for suspected opioid overdoses—United States, July 2016–September 2017

AM Vivolo-Kantor - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2018 - cdc.gov
Abstract Introduction: From 2015 to 2016, opioid overdose deaths increased 27.7%,
indicating a worsening of the opioid overdose epidemic and highlighting the importance of …

Cost-effectiveness of distributing naloxone to heroin users for lay overdose reversal

PO Coffin, SD Sullivan - Annals of internal medicine, 2013 - acpjournals.org
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
Supplement. Chinese translation Background: Opioid overdose is a leading cause of …

Association of methamphetamine and opioid use with nonfatal overdose in rural communities

PT Korthuis, RR Cook, CA Foot, G Leichtling… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Overdoses continue to increase in the US, but the contribution of
methamphetamine use is understudied in rural communities. Objective To estimate the …

Non-fatal overdose as a risk factor for subsequent fatal overdose among people who inject drugs

A Caudarella, H Dong, MJ Milloy, T Kerr… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the relationship between non-fatal overdose and risk of subsequent
fatal overdose. Methods We assessed risk factors for overdose death among two …

Reorganization of substance use treatment and harm reduction services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global survey

SR Radfar, CAJ De Jong, A Farhoudian… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted people
with substance use disorders (SUDs) worldwide, and healthcare systems have reorganized …

A review of opioid overdose prevention and naloxone prescribing: implications for translating community programming into clinical practice

SR Mueller, AY Walley, SL Calcaterra… - Substance …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background As physicians have increased opioid prescribing, overdose deaths from
pharmaceutical opioids have substantially increased in the United States. Naloxone …

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 …