Implementation of syringe services programs to prevent rapid human immunodeficiency virus transmission in rural counties in the United States: a modeling study

WC Goedel, MRF King, MN Lurie… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) are effective venues for delivering
harm-reduction services to people who inject drugs (PWID). However, SSPs often face …

Cocaine use in organ donors and long-term outcome after heart transplantation: an International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation registry analysis

JL Vieira, WS Cherikh, K Lindblad, J Stehlik… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2020 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Cardiac allografts from donors with a history of cocaine use (DHCU) are
often discarded owing to concerns regarding organ quality. We investigated long-term …

Injection cessation and relapse to injection and the associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran: The Rostam study

S Mehmandoost, A Mirzazadeh… - … , Prevention, and Policy, 2023 - Springer
Background Drug injection is a major health-related problem worldwide. Injection cessation
and relapse to injection could significantly alter the risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

Strange routes of administration for substances of abuse

J Rivers Allen, W Bridge - American Journal of Psychiatry …, 2017 - psychiatryonline.org
Method A survey was distributed via Qualtrics Survey Software (https://qualtrics. com) to 63
members of the faculty and academic residency program in the Department of Psychiatry …

Risk of hepatitis C virus infection in injecting and noninjecting drug users receiving opioid substitution therapy

CW Wang, HY Chuang, HC Chiang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common viral infection among illicit drug
users in the world. Although intervention of needle and syringe program and opioid …

Short and sporadic injecting cessation episodes as predictors of incident hepatitis C virus infection: findings from a cohort study of people who inject drugs in Montréal …

E Fortier, AA Artenie, G Zang, D Jutras‐Aswad… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims For most people who inject drugs (PWID), drug injecting
follows a dynamic process characterized by transitions in and out of injecting. The objective …

Do risk factors increase measurement of hepatitis B, C signs and HIV-AIDS among middle-aged and older IDUs in southwest Iran?

A Asadollahi, A Najafi - Drugs and Alcohol Today, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Injecting drug use addiction is a main factor in hepatitis B, C infection and HIV–
AIDS infection. The purpose of this paper is to measure seroprevalence of hepatitis B, C …

Injecting drug use opportunities and reasons for choosing not to inject: A population‐based study of Australian young adults who use stimulants

LE Casey, D Pourmarzi, EL Wessel… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Understanding reasons for choosing not to inject drugs, among those who have
never injected before, may be helpful for reducing transitions to injecting drug use. This …

Variations temporelles de l'injection de drogues et association avec le risque d'infection par le virus de l'hépatite C

E Fortier - 2022 - papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca
La majorité des personnes utilisatrices de drogues par injection (PUDI) contracteront le virus
de l'hépatite C (VHC), les mettant à risque accru de complications hépatiques graves et …

A pilot study on risk and protective factors for opioid overdose among people who use street fentanyl during the COVID-19 pandemic

JSH Wong - 2021 - open.library.ubc.ca
North America is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. British Columbia has been
particularly impacted by the epidemic, as over 7,000 have died from illicit drug overdoses …