43 papers this round, and there are some goodies in here for sure (don’t miss #38!). Given the number and varied issues addressed, I divided them up into topic areas and, given the number on naloxone, I divided up the naloxone topic areas as well. Naloxone interventions Primary care 1) Co-prescription of naloxone as aRead More
PubMed Update May 2016
19 this month. Enjoy! 1) Methadone-Related Overdose Deaths in a Liberal Opioid Maintenance Treatment Programme. Tjagvad C, Skurtveit S, Linnet K, Andersen LV, Christoffersen DJ, Clausen T. Eur Addict Res. 2016 Jun 1;22(5):249-258. [Epub ahead of print] Comments: Patients on very high doses of methadone or also using benzodiazepines were at higher risk of death.Read 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 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