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Source: Onuoha, E. N., Leff, J. A., Schackman, B. R., McCollister, K. E., Polsky, D., & Murphy, S. M. (2021). Economic evaluations of pharmacologic treatment for opioid use disorder: a systematic literature review. Value in Health, 24(7), 1068-1083. Highlights There is new evidence on buprenorphine...

Fonte: AP News https://apnews.com/article/fentanyl-deaths-keep-rising-states-look-for-solutions-d3ccd6edfdc6516b3ea07943c7e46544 À medida que a crise de dependência e overdose que tomou conta dos EUA por duas décadas se torna ainda mais mortal, os governos estaduais estão lutando por maneiras de...

Fonte: Academias Nacionais de Ciências, Engenharia e Medicina. 2021. Progresso de quatro programas da Lei Abrangente de Dependência e Recuperação. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.https://doi.org/10.17226/26060. O transtorno por uso de substâncias (SUD) e o transtorno por uso de opioides...

Fuente: Abellón-Ruiz, J. (2021). Procedimiento para la detección y abordaje de la adicción en pacientes en tratamiento con opioides de prescripción médica. Desde el Ministerio de Sanidad de Murcia, España, se ha puesto en marcha un grupo de trabajo para la elaboración del “Plan de optimización de la...

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Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2780313 The estimated economic costs of the US opioid epidemic topped $1 trillion in 2017, with hard-hit states in the Ohio Valley and the Northeast bearing the highest per capita burdens, according to a pair of CDC analyses.

Fuente: https://www.revistaciencia.amc.edu.mx/images/revista/71_2/PDF/11_71_2_1228_Opioides-L.pdf Resumen La sobredosis de opioides fue la causa de 400 000 muertes entre 1999 y 2017 en Estados Unidos de América. El problema se agravó por el consumo de heroína adulterada con fentanilo y el mal uso de...

Source: Ochoa-Orozco, S. A., Gutiérrez-Segura, J. C., Coral-Leiton, A. M., Trejos-Orozco, E. A., Gutiérrez-Sanjuán, Ó. I., & Carvajal-Guevara, J. D. (2019). “Chasing the Dragon”: A Fatal Case Report of Toxic Leucoencéphalopathie Due to Inhaled Heroin. Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Abstract...

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Source: Slavova, S., Rock, P., Bush, H. M., Quesinberry, D., & Walsh, S. L. (2020). Signal of increased opioid overdose during COVID-19 from emergency medical services data. Drug and alcohol dependence, 214, 108176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108176 Abstract Background Individuals...