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New resources to help people with opioid use disorder
November 22, 2023
Read moreBC clinicians have newly updated clinical guidance to help deliver care for people living with opioid use disorder. The updated provincial Guideline for the Clinical
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Treating high-risk drinking, alcohol use disorder: new Canadian guideline
October 16, 2023
Read moreThe first-ever Canadian guideline for treating high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been published today in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Developed in partnership
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New study finds medications to treat alcohol addiction underused
July 25, 2023
Read moreMedications for alcohol use disorder are underutilized in British Columbia, despite their safety and effectiveness, according to a new study published today in the journal
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New resource to help people with severe alcohol addiction
July 18, 2023
Read moreNew national guidance to help people with severe alcohol addiction has been published by the BC Centre on Substance Use in partnership with the Canadian
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Prescribed safer supply dispensing machine can facilitate access, reduce overdose risk: Study
May 14, 2023
Read moreDispensing pharmaceutical-grade opioids through a biometric dispensing machine can be an effective low-barrier model for the delivery of prescribed safer supply, according to research published
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Jaffe K, Richardson L "I thought it was for guys that did needles": Medication perceptions and lay expertise among medical research participants J Subst Use Addict Treat PubMed
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Socías ME, Scheuermeyer FX, Cui Z, Mok WY, Crabtree A, Fairbairn N, Nolan S, Slaunwhite A, Ti L Using a cascade of care framework to identify gaps in access to medications for alcohol use disorder in British Columbia, Canada Addiction PubMed
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Reddon H, Barker B, Bartlett S, Citlali Márquez A, Sekirov I, Jassem A, Morshed M, Clemens A, Beck McGreevy P, Hayashi K, DeBeck K, Krajden M, Milloy MJ, Socías ME Uptake of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among structurally-marginalized people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada Sci Rep PubMed
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Elefante RJO, Nolan S, Bach PJ Vigilance needed with methamphetamine-associated psychosis CMAJ PubMed
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McCracken RK, Narayan S, Maclure M, Cooper I, Cui Z, Cullen W, Dormuth C, Hamilton MA, Nolan S, Singer J, Socías ME, Wong S, Klimas J Evaluation of audit and feedback to family physicians on prescribing of opioid analgesics to opioid-naïve patients: a pragmatic randomized delay trial Contemp Clin Trials PubMed
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