A slight reprieve from the onslaught, only 6 articles this month – some of which are really interesting. 1) The Toxicology Investigators Consortium Case Registry-The 2012 Experience. Wiegand T, Wax P, Smith E, Hart K, Brent J. J Med Toxicol. 2013 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print] Comments: Fascinating TocIC Registry, including cases that wereRead More
PubMed Update September 2013
12 articles this month. 1) Effectiveness of Naltrexone in the Prevention of Delayed Respiratory Arrest in Opioid-Naive Methadone-Intoxicated Patients. Aghabiklooei A, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Zamani N, Shadnia S, Mashayekhian M, Rahimi M, Nasouhi S, Ghoochani A. Biomed Res Int. 2013;2013:903172. Epub 2013 Sep 9. Comments: Interesting use of the long-acting opioid antagonist naltrexone in this studyRead More
PubMed Update August 2013
16 papers today – this is getting to be a big job. Naloxone, fentanyl, methadone, stars, pain, Central Asia, primary care, injection facilities, personal stories … 1) Notes from the field: acetyl fentanyl overdose fatalities – rhode island, march-may 2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Aug 30;62(34):703-4.Read More
PubMed Update July 2013
8 papers this month. Police, pharmacology, prisons, methadone, money, and plants. Enjoy! 1) Police Officers’ and Paramedics’ Experiences with Overdose and Their Knowledge and Opinions of Washington State’s Drug Overdose-Naloxone-Good Samaritan Law. Banta-Green CJ, Beletsky L, Schoeppe JA, Coffin PO, Kuszler PC. J Urban Health. 2013 Jul 31. [Epub ahead of print] Comment: Expands onRead More
PubMed Update June 2013
13 new papers this month, from drug development to naloxone programming, epidemiology to practice management, toxicology to supply side drug control. 1) Illicit drug overdose – Prevalence and acute management. Li W, Gunja N. Aust Fam Physician. 2013 Jul;42(7):481-5. Comment: Unable to access. Appears to be a general review of managing illicit drug toxicities. 2)Read More
PubMed Update April 2013
10 papers this time. Good stuff. Take-Home Emergency Naloxone to Prevent Heroin Overdose Deaths after Prison Release: Rationale and Practicalities for the N-ALIVE Randomized Trial. Strang J, Bird SM, Parmar MK. J Urban Health. 2013 May 1. [Epub ahead of print] Comment: Really interesting article on the design of the N-ALIVE trial of naloxone provisionRead More
PubMed Update February/March 2013
Another 8 papers on opioid overdose issues. 1) ‘It’s more about the heroin’: injection drug users’ response to an overdose warning campaign in a Canadian setting. Kerr T, Small W, Hyshka E, Maher L, Shannon K. Addiction. 2013 Mar 28. doi: 10.1111/add.12151. [Epub ahead of print] Comment: Interesting qualitative analysis of warnings issued regarding high-potencyRead More
PubMed Update December 2012 – January 2013
This is a really exciting time for research into overdose in general and naloxone in particular. 15 papers this time. Opioid overdose rates and implementation of overdose education and nasalnaloxone distribution in Massachusetts: interrupted time series analysis. Walley AY, Xuan Z, Hackman HH, Quinn E, Doe-Simkins M, Sorensen-Alawad A, Ruiz S, Ozonoff A. BMJ. 2013Read More
PubMed Update September 2012
Another busy month in overdose-related research (11 papers), including several toxicology and epidemiology papers, some of which represent novel analytic approaches that serve to advance the field. Oxycodone overdose causes naloxone responsive coma and QT prolongation. Berling I, Whyte IM, Isbister GK. QJM. 2012 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23023890 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] Comment:Read More
PubMed Update: A Year in Overdose
Here is a summary of our first year of PubMed updates. This list is NOT comprehensive and focuses on opioids at the expense of stimulant issues. There are some excellent papers not listed in the PubMed database (e.g. a couple of great papers out of Scotland we’ve discussed here and many conference abstracts). So …Read More