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...

Source: Santo T, Clark B, Hickman M, et al. Association of Opioid Agonist Treatment With All-Cause Mortality and Specific Causes of Death Among People With Opioid Dependence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021;78(9):979–993. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0976 Key Points...

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...

Source: AP News https://apnews.com/article/fentanyl-deaths-keep-rising-states-look-for-solutions-d3ccd6edfdc6516b3ea07943c7e46544 As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction...

Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Progress of Four Programs from the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.https://doi.org/10.17226/26060. Substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder are significant...

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...

Source: Jones, C. M., Diallo, M. M., Vythilingam, M., Schier, J. G., Eisenstat, M., & Compton, W. M. (2021). Characteristics and Correlates of US Clinicians Prescribing Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Using Expanded Authorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Drug and Alcohol...

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...

Source: Borda, J. P., Friedman, H., Buitrago, J., Isaza, M., Herrera, P., Krawczyk, N., & Tofighi, B. (2021). Barriers to treatment for opioid use disorder in Colombia. Journal of Substance Use, 1-7. ABSTRACT Background: In Colombia, the rapid rise of illicit opioid use has become a major public...

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...