Importance Mortality among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the
general population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid …

Background This systematic review summarized published literature on county-level
predictors of drug overdose mortality in the United States (US). Methods Peer-reviewed …

Background The adverse effects of short-term opioid analgesics are well known and
acknowledged; however, the spectrum of the sequelae of long-term use seems less clear …

Background Suicides by any method, plus 'nonsuicide'fatalities from drug self-intoxication
(estimated from selected forensically undetermined and 'accidental'deaths), together …

Background: Opioid drug prescription (ODP) and opioid-related mortality (ORM) have
increased in Spain. However, their relationship is complex, as ORM is registered without …

With over 40,000 opioid-related overdose deaths between January 2016 and June 2023,
the opioid-overdose crisis is a significant public health concern for Canada. The opioid crisis …

Efforts to reduce opioid-related harms have decreased opioid prescription but have
provoked concerns about unintended consequences, particularly for long-term opioid …

Background Patients receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation (CSM) for spinal pain are
less likely to be prescribed opioids, and some evidence suggests that these patients have a …

Purpose Hospital visits for drug use-related bacterial and fungal infections have increased
alongside overdose deaths. The incidence of mortality from these infections and the …

Opioid-involved motor vehicle traffic fatalities have increased over the past 2 decades.
However, the extent to which prescribed opioids increase the risk of motor vehicle crashes …