Opioid Agonist Treatment and Risk of Mortality During an Opioid Overdose Public Health Emergency: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

Opioid Agonist Treatment and Risk of Mortality During an Opioid Overdose Public Health Emergency: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

Introduction Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is a safe and effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). However, people commonly stop and start OAT and their risk of death is high immediately after stopping. The prevalence of illicitly manufactured fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic op...

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Main Authors: Lindsay A Pearce, Jeong Eun Min, Micah Piske, Haoxuan Zhou, Fahmida Homayra, Amanda Slaunwhite, Michael A Irvine, Gina McGowan, Bohdan Nosyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/1530

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