Epidemiology of injecting drug use, prevalence of injecting-related harm, and exposure to behavioural and environmental risks among people who inject drugs: a …

L Degenhardt, P Webb, S Colledge-Frisby… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background People who inject drugs are exposed to various and changing risk
environments and are at risk of multiple harms related to injecting drug use (IDU). We aimed …

Opioid use disorder

J Strang, ND Volkow, L Degenhardt… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing disorder that, whilst initially driven by
activation of brain reward neurocircuits, increasingly engages anti-reward neurocircuits that …

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 …

Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial

CMP Jones, RO Day, BW Koes, J Latimer, CG Maher… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Opioid analgesics are commonly used for acute low back pain and neck pain,
but supporting efficacy data are scarce. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of a …

The impact of stigma on people with opioid use disorder, opioid treatment, and policy

A Cheetham, L Picco, A Barnett… - Substance abuse and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Illicit drug use disorders are the most stigmatised health conditions worldwide, and stigma
acts as a meaningful barrier to treatment entry and treatment provision. In the context of …

Global coverage of interventions to prevent and manage drug-related harms among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

S Colledge-Frisby, S Ottaviano, P Webb… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Harm reduction and treatment programmes are essential for reducing harms for
people who inject drugs (PWID). We aimed to update estimates from a 2017 review of global …

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

T Santo Jr, G Campbell, N Gisev… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Opioid use disorder (OUD) and mental disorders are major public health issues
and comorbidity is common. Among people with OUD, comorbid mental disorders are …

Responding to global stimulant use: challenges and opportunities

M Farrell, NK Martin, E Stockings, A Bórquez… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
We did a global review to synthesise data on the prevalence, harms, and interventions for
stimulant use, focusing specifically on the use of cocaine and amphetamines. Modelling …

Evidence on acupuncture therapies is underused in clinical practice and health policy

L Lu, Y Zhang, X Tang, S Ge, H Wen, J Zeng, L Wang… - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Evidence on acupuncture therapies is underused in clinical practice and health policy Page 1
the bmj | BMJ 2022;376:e067475 | doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067475 1 Acupuncture: How to …

An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on the prevention of opioid‐related harm in adult surgical patients

N Levy, J Quinlan, K El‐Boghdadly, WJ Fawcett… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This international multidisciplinary consensus statement was developed to provide balanced
guidance on the safe peri‐operative use of opioids in adults. An international panel of …