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Patients may be at higher risk of overdose when opioid therapy for pain is discontinued
December 1, 2022
Read moreStudy suggests enhanced guidance for opioid prescribing needed to manage pain, reduce risk of overdose Discontinuing opioids prescribed for chronic pain was associated with increased
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Access to safer supply prescribing rapidly increased during COVID-19: Study
June 16, 2022
Read moreThe number of programs and prescribers offering safer supply to reduce risk of overdose increased dramatically during COVID-19, according to a study looking at services
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Take-home fentanyl test strips prove useful as low-barrier drug checking approach
June 8, 2022
Read moreA research study conducted by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Interior Health (IH) and
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Risks of contaminated Vancouver drug supply heightened during pandemic: Study
May 11, 2022
Read moreMore than a third of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada reported a decline in the quality of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic, according
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Lower vaccination rates among people who use drugs could lead to serious outcomes from COVID-19
April 6, 2022
Read moreAs many jurisdictions in Canada begin to ease public health measures intended to limit serious cases and fatalities caused by COVID-19, new research from the
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Ivsins A, Warnock A, Small W, Strike C, Kerr T, Bardwell G A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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Crepeault H, Socías ME, Tobias S, Lysyshyn M, Custance A, Shapiro A, Ti L Examining fentanyl and its analogues in the unregulated drug supply of British Columbia, Canada using drug checking technologies Drug Alcohol Rev PubMed
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Narayan S, Rizzardo S, Hamilton MA, Cooper I, Maclure M, McCracken R, Klimas J Development and pilot evaluation of an educational session to support sparing opioid prescriptions to opioid naïve patients in a Canadian primary care setting Fam Pract PubMed
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Jaibat L, Cui Z, Mitra S, Loh J, Reddon H, Fairbairn N, Milloy MJ Perceived mistreatment in health care settings and its relationship with HIV clinical outcomes in HIV-positive people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada AIDS Behav PubMed
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Karamouzian M, Buxton J, Hategeka C, Nosova E, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Kerr T Shifts in substance use patterns among a cohort of people who use opioids after delisting of OxyContin in BC, Canada: an interrupted time series study Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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