scholarly journals Association of Serotonin Transporter (SERT) Polymorphisms with Opioid Dependence and Dimensional Aspects of Cocaine Use in a Caucasian Cohort of Opioid Users

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 17 ◽  
pp. 659-670
Author(s):  
Vadim Yuferov ◽  
Eduardo R Butelman ◽  
Matthew Randesi ◽  
Wim van den Brink ◽  
Peter Blanken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Serotonin Transporter ◽  
Opioid Dependence ◽  
Cocaine Use ◽  
Caucasian Cohort ◽  
Opioid Users

scholarly journals Overview of Tertiary Addictions Services response to Opioid dependence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
K Hennigan ◽  
E Corrigan ◽  
N Killeen ◽  
E Keenan ◽  
M Scully
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Opioid Dependence ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Healthcare Staff ◽  
Addiction Services ◽  
Patients At Risk ◽  
Guidance Documents ◽  
High Level ◽  
Opioid Users

Abstract The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented the addiction services with an unprecedented set of challenges. Opioid users are particularly vulnerable because of their high level of pre-existing health problems and lifestyle factors. In order to minimise their risks to self and to others in the current Covid-19 crisis, the service has sought to urgently identify vulnerable individuals, and induct them into OST treatment promptly. Additionally, several guidelines have been created and regularly updated by the HSE for any healthcare staff working with opioid users. These include guidance documents, to facilitate prompt induction of patients onto the OST programme, the prescribing of naloxone to all patients at risk of overdose, eConsultation, medication management for those in self-isolation, and the delivery of injecting equipment. The guidance documents and resources will provide a template for a new way of working for the sector during these challenging times and into the future.

Predictors of Continued Use of Extended-Released Naltrexone (XR-NTX) for Opioid-Dependence: An Analysis of Heroin and Non-Heroin Opioid Users in Los Angeles County

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 66-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Cousins ◽  
Seyed Ramin Radfar ◽  
Desirée Crèvecoeur-MacPhail ◽  
Alfonso Ang ◽  
Kendall Darfler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Opioid Dependence ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
Opioid Users

Powder and Crack Cocaine Use Among Opioid Users

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa J. Stewart ◽  
Heather G. Fulton ◽  
Sean P. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Crack Cocaine ◽  
Cocaine Use ◽  
Opioid Users

scholarly journals The Association between Cocaine Use and Treatment Outcomes in Patients Receiving Office-Based Buprenorphine/Naloxone for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn E. Sullivan ◽  
Brent A. Moore ◽  
Patrick G. O'Connor ◽  
Declan T. Barry ◽  
Marek C. Chawarski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Opioid Dependence ◽  
Cocaine Use

Predictors of transition to opioid dependence among illicit pharmaceutical opioid users

2015 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. e37
Author(s):  
Robert Carlson ◽  
Ramzi Nahhas ◽  
Silvia S. Martins ◽  
Raminta Daniulaityte
Keyword(s):  
Opioid Dependence ◽  
Opioid Users

Suicide in prisons

1999 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila M. Gore
Keyword(s):  
Opioid Dependence ◽  
Statistical Approach ◽  
Expected Number ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Opioid Users ◽  
Number Of Individuals

BackgroundA recent review showed that opioid users' deaths from suicide were 10 times as common as expected on the basis of age and gender. Surveys showing prisoners' high prevalence of injecting or opioid dependence have led to a new statistical approach to prison suicides.AimsTo estimate the expected number of UK prison suicides annually, having taken account of inmates' age, gender and opioid dependence.MethodBy gender, estimate the effective number of individuals (in terms of community-equivalent suicide risk) for whom prisons have a duty of care as 10 times the number of opioid-dependent inmates plus the number of non-opioid user inmates. Apply the gender and age-appropriate national suicide rates to work out the expected number of prison suicides.ResultsThe Scottish Prison Service can expect 7.1 suicides per annum, and annual totals up to 12 without exacerbation of suicides due to incarceration. For the Prison Service in England and Wales, 19.3 suicides per annum can be expected in prisons, and annual totals may range up to 28 without indicating incarceration; the total of self-inflicted deaths was 47 in 1993–94ConclusionsPrisons cannot prevent all suicides. An alert may be warranted if prison suicides exceed 12 per annum in Scotland, or 28 in England and Wales.

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