Original research
by
Nielsen, Mark, et al
Release Date
2021
Geography
Denmark
Language of Resource
English
Full Text Available
No
Open Access / OK to Reproduce
No
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Objective
Looked at characteristics of deceased drug users in treatment and not in treatment
Findings/Key points
Two-thirds of decedents were not in treatment at time of death. Drug users not in treatment died more often from somatic causes compared to those in treatment. Decedents had equal amounts of non-prescribed psychotropic medication in the blood, but non-prescribed methadone was more common among those in treatment at the time of death.
Design/methods
n=479 autopsies
Keywords
Overdose
Mortality
Illegal drugs
Substitution/OAT
