Great stuff this time! 34 in two months. Opioid OverdosePrevention Programs Providing Naloxoneto Laypersons – United States, 2014. Wheeler E, Jones TS, Gilbert MK, Davidson PJ. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 19;64(23):631-5. Comment: The long-awaited sequel to 2010’s blockbuster naloxone MMWR report! 152,283 laypersons trained and 26,463 overdose reversals reported to naloxone programs through 2014.Read More
PubMed Update March – May 2015
Three months. 46 papers. I’m already a month behind. 1) Development and implementation of intranasal naloxone opioid overdose response protocol at a homeless health clinic. Dahlem CH, Horstman MJ, Williams BC. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2015 Mar 26. doi: 10.1002/2327-6924.12249. [Epub ahead of print] Comments: Naloxone programs have been providing kits to settings where homeless people receive servicesRead More
PubMed Update November 2014 – February 2015
Catching up on 51 papers in 4 months. Did you miss me? 1) New Drugs of Abuse. Rech MA, Donahey E, Cappiello Dziedzic JM, Oh L, Greenhalgh E. Pharmacotherapy. 2014 Dec 4. doi: 10.1002/phar.1522. [Epub ahead of print] Comment: Review of management of drug toxicities among novel, synthetic compounds. 2) Police officer attitudes towards intranasal naloxone training.Read More
PubMed Update August-October 2014
Three months. 32 articles. Enough said. Patterns and correlates of non-fatal heroin overdose at 11-year follow-up: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study. Darke S, Marel C, Mills KL, Ross J, Slade T, Burns L, Teesson M. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] Comment: This study (the ATOS) and the teamRead More
PubMed Update July 2014
Hooray for a mere 7 paper reprieve this month. 1) Underrepresentation of Heroin Involvement in Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths in Allegheny County, PA. Mertz KJ, Janssen JK, Williams KE. J Forensic Sci. 2014 Jul 16. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12541. [Epub ahead of print] Comments: This manuscript presents critical and very concerning results regarding interpretation of our prescriptionRead More
PubMed Update May/June 2014
25 papers in two months. Anyone want to help with this? 1) Naloxone therapy in opioid overdose patients: intranasal or intravenous? A randomized clinical trial. Sabzghabaee AM, Eizadi-Mood N, Yaraghi A, Zandifar S. Arch Med Sci. 2014 May 12;10(2):309-14. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2014.42584. Epub 2014 May 13. PMID: 24904666 [PubMed] Free PMC Article Comments: More data toRead More
PubMed Update March/April 2014
Better late than never, right? 24 papers over two months. 1) Overdose rescues by trained and untrained participants and change in opioid use among substance-using participants in overdose education and naloxone distribution programs: a retrospective cohort study. Doe-Simkins M, Quinn E, Xuan Z, Sorensen-Alawad A, Hackman H, Ozonoff A, Walley AY. BMC Public Health. 2014 AprRead More
PubMed Update February 2014
8 papers today, essentially about naloxone and heroin. 1) Risk of anaphylaxis in opioid dependent persons: effects of heroin versus substitution substance. Maurer U, Kager C, Fellinger C, Loader D, Pollesböck A, Spitzer B, Jarisch R. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2014 Feb 27;9(1):12. [Epub ahead of print] Comment: Seeking alternative explanations for “overdose”, theRead More
PubMed Update January 2014
10 papers this month, half of which relate to the United Kingdom. We continue to move forward. 1) Characterization of opioid overdose and response in a high-risk community corrections sample: A preliminary study. Cropsey KL, Martin S, Clark CB, McCullumsmith CB, Lane PS, Hardy S, Hendricks PS, Redmond N. J Opioid Manag. 2013 Nov-Dec;9(6):393-400. Comments: Valuable surveyRead More
PubMed Update November/December 2013
We close out 2013 with an impressive 25 papers in the final two months for a total count of 89 papers. Some interesting new approaches and perspectives, including a paper on the underappreciated role of adulterants, a couple of naltrexone papers, and lots of lay naloxone. 1) The Whole Is Just the Sum of ItsRead More