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 October/November 2012
My apologies for tardiness. I’ll try to be on time next month. 13 papers described below. Prevention of fatal opioid overdose. Beletsky L, Rich JD, Walley AY. JAMA. 2012 Nov 14;308(18):1863-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.14205. Comment: An excellent summary of key issues in overdose prevention and increasing naloxone availability for lay overdose reversal. Read it. Management ofRead More
Pubmed April 2012 Update
Here we go with April 2012 … Mortality and causes of death among users of methadone maintenance treatment in Israel, 1999-2008. Rosca P, Haklai Z, Goldberger N, Zohar P, Margolis A, Ponizovsky AM. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Apr 6. [Epub ahead of print] Comment: Rate of overdose mortality was 0.22/100 person-years (i.e. 0.22%), one-quarter toRead More