Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

E Yucel, B Bearnot, ML Paras, EK Zern… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
The incidence of injection drug use–associated infective endocarditis has been increasing
rapidly over the last decade. Patients with drug use–associated infective endocarditis …

Predictors and motives of polydrug use in opioid users. A narrative review

J van Amsterdam, M Pierce… - Current opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
When treating opioid users with polydrug drug use, special attention should be paid to
dosing when in opioid agonist methadone/buprenorphine treatment and to the presence of …

Polysubstance use trends and variability among individuals with opioid use disorder in rural versus urban settings

MS Ellis, ZA Kasper, TJ Cicero - Preventive Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Rural areas of the United States have been disproportionately impacted by the opioid
epidemic, exacerbated by COVID-19-related economic upheavals. While polysubstance use …

Associations between stimulant use and return to illicit opioid use following initiation onto medication for opioid use disorder

C Foot, PT Korthuis, JI Tsui, SX Luo, B Chan… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this study was to estimate how ongoing stimulant use affects return to illicit
opioid use after initiation onto medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Design This was …

Harm reduction for opioid use disorder: strategies and outcome metrics

JD Ellis, KE Dunn, AS Huhn - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2024 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Opioid overdose deaths and opioid-related harms have reached unprecedented levels,
particularly as compounds such as xylazine and fentanyl have infiltrated the drug supply …

Risks of returning to opioid use at treatment entry and early in opioid use disorder treatment: Role of non-opioid substances

F Castillo, MC Hu, Y Liu, RR Balise, RD Weiss… - Drug and alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Patients in treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) often report
use of other substances in addition to opioids. Few studies exist that examine the …

[PDF][PDF] Suchthilfe in deutschland 2021

L Schwarzkopf, J Künzel, M Murawski… - … (DSHS). München: IFT …, 2021 - tls-suchtfragen.de
XII bestehen per Definition aus einem einzigen Kontakt, der sich über die gesamte
Zeitspanne zwischen Aufnahme und Entlassung erstreckt. Einrichtungsregister zentrales …

Substance exposure and adverse neonatal outcomes: a population-based cohort study

A Umer, E Watson, C Lilly, S Woods, C Lefeber… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To estimate the independent and combined effects of in utero exposures on birth
outcomes in a rural population. Study design The study used population-level data (2020 …

Synthetic cannabinoids use in a sample of opioid-use disorder patients

M Alías-Ferri, M Pellegrini, E Marchei, R Pacifici… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cannabis is the most widely consumed illegal drug in the world and synthetic cannabinoids
are increasingly gaining popularity and replacing traditional cannabis. These substances …

Drug checking services as a surveillance tool for clinical laboratories: examining trends in the unregulated fentanyl supply

SR Delaney, D Konforte, C Stefan, J Palaty, D Sun… - Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Timely assessment and understanding of drug trends is essential for clinical
laboratories to effectively respond to the overdose epidemic. In this proof-of-concept study …