Comparison of characteristics of deaths from drug overdose before vs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island

A Macmadu, S Batthala, AMC Gabel… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The rate of deaths from overdose has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic,
and recent US overdose mortality rates have been markedly high. However, scant data are …

Buprenorphine dose and time to discontinuation among patients with opioid use disorder in the era of fentanyl

LC Chambers, BD Hallowell, AR Zullo… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) has more than doubled
since 2009. However, current US Food and Drug Administration buprenorphine dosing …

Applications of isradipine in human addiction studies: A systematic literature review.

S Natal, CC Young, K Kaur, ES Gebhardt… - Experimental and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Given the personal and public health burden of addictive disorders, innovative approaches
to treatment are sorely needed. This systematic review examined the use of the …

A rapid ethnographic study of risk negotiation during the COVID-19 pandemic among unstably housed people who use drugs in Rhode Island

AB Collins, S Edwards, R McNeil, J Goldman… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the United States' overdose
crisis. However, the overlapping impacts of COVID-19 and the overdose crisis have not …

Machine learning takes a village: assessing neighbourhood-level vulnerability for an overdose and infectious disease outbreak

JL Yedinak, Y Li, MS Krieger, K Howe… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Multiple areas in the United States of America (USA) are experiencing high
rates of overdose and outbreaks of bloodborne infections, including HIV and hepatitis C …

Evaluation of Strategies to Enhance Community-Based Naloxone Distribution Supported by an Opioid Settlement

X Zang, A Skinner, MS Krieger, CN Behrends… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many US states are substantially increasing community-based naloxone
distribution, supported in part through settlements from opioid manufacturers and …

Dispensed Opioid, Buprenorphine, Benzodiazepine, and Stimulant Prescriptions among Rhode Island Residents, 2017-2021.

TJ Paiva, AZ Nitenson, D Antinozzi… - Rhode Island …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract The Rhode Island Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) requires
dispensers with an active Controlled Substance Registration to report Schedule II-V …

[PDF][PDF] Racial and ethnic disparities in accidental drug overdose deaths–Rhode Island, 2016–2020

J Shin, RP Scagos - Rhode Island Medical Journal, 2021 - rimed.org
METHODS We obtained data on all accidental drug overdose deaths from January 1, 2016
to December 31, 2020 from the Rhode Island Office of the State Medical Examiners (OSME) …

History of methadone and buprenorphine opioid agonist therapy among people who died of an accidental opioid-involved overdose: Rhode Island, January 1, 2018 …

BD Hallowell, HR Weidele, M Daly… - … journal of public …, 2021 - ajph.aphapublications.org
To guide intervention efforts, we identified the proportion of individuals previously engaged
in opioid agonist therapy among people who died of an accidental opioid-involved …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of intentional and unintentional drug overdose deaths occurring in Rhode Island, 2016–2019

J Barkley, J Shin - Rhode Island Medical Journal, 2022 - rimed.org
METHODS Intentional and unintentional drug overdose deaths that occurred in Rhode
Island from 2016–2019 were pulled from RIVDRS and SUDORS, respectively. The …