A systematic review of rural-specific barriers to medication treatment for opioid use disorder in the United States

JJ Lister, A Weaver, JD Ellis, JA Himle… - The American journal …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Background Opioid-related deaths have risen dramatically in rural communities. Prior
studies highlight few medication treatment providers for opioid use disorder in rural …

Scaling up prevention and treatment towards the elimination of hepatitis C: a global mathematical model

A Heffernan, GS Cooke, S Nayagam, M Thursz… - The Lancet, 2019‏ - thelancet.com
Background The revolution in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment through the development of
direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has generated international interest in the global elimination …

Prevalence of injecting drug use and coverage of interventions to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs in Canada

B Jacka, S Larney, L Degenhardt… - … journal of public …, 2020‏ - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To determine the number of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Canada and the
annual coverage of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) and needle-and-syringe provision for …

Health risk associated with residential relocation among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA: a cross sectional study

JC Chiang, RN Bluthenthal, LD Wenger… - BMC public health, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Given the housing instability and frequent residential relocation (both volitional
and hegemonic) of people who inject drugs, we sought to determine whether residential …

Polydrug use patterns, risk behavior and unmet healthcare need in a community-based sample of women who use cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine

J Lorvick, EN Browne, BH Lambdin, M Comfort - Addictive behaviors, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Background The use of multiple illicit drugs (polydrug use) is associated with health-related
harms and elevated risk of drug overdose. Polydrug use in common among women who use …

The role of prevention strategies in achieving HCV elimination in Canada: what are the remaining challenges?

SB Høj, N Minoyan, AA Artenie, J Grebely… - Canadian Liver …, 2018‏ - utppublishing.com
Background The worldwide economic, health, and social consequences of drug use
disorders are devastating. Injection drug use is now a major factor contributing to hepatitis C …

Trends in varying modes of drug use in opioid toxicity deaths in Ontario from 2017 to 2021

M MacDonald, C Cheng, T Wang, D McCormack… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Background Preliminary data indicate a shift toward inhalation instead of injection in opioid
toxicity deaths. Understanding changing modes of drug use is essential to addressing the …

A controlled-release oral opioid supports S. aureus survival in injection drug preparation equipment and may increase bacteremia and endocarditis risk

KJ Kasper, I Manoharan, B Hallam, CE Coleman… - PloS one, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Injection drug use-associated endocarditis (IDUaIE) incidence in Ontario has
recently been associated with hydromorphone prescribing rates. Staphylococcus aureus …

Medications for opioid use disorder in the criminal/legal system: knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes among rural community-based stakeholders

G Victor, G Lee, B Pozo, S Silverstein… - Journal of Drug …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to describe rural community stakeholders' attitudes and
perceptions of providing medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to individuals in the …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology, microbiology, and clinical outcomes among patients with intravenous drug use-associated infective endocarditis in New Brunswick

K Mosseler, S Materniak, TD Brothers, D Webster - CJC open, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background Within the context of Canada's opioid crisis, medical complications associated
with intravenous drug use (IVDU) are increasing. Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious …