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Bioequivalence Following Buccal and Sublingual Placement of Fentanyl Buccal Tablet 400μg in Healthy Subjects

FBT is indicated for the management of breakthrough pain (a transient flare of pain on a background of chronic pain otherwise controlled by treatment with opioids) in patients with cancer who are alre
Original research | 2008
Clinical guidance, About prescribers, Chronic pain

Can touch this: training to correct police officer beliefs about overdose from incidental contact with fentanyl

To better understand the potential of police education interventions in correcting false beliefs about fentanyl
Original research | 2021
Overdose, Legal system/law enforcement, Illegal drugs

Clinical Management of Cannabis Withdrawal

This review describes the diagnosis, prevalence, course and management of cannabis withdrawal and highlights opportunities for future clinical research.
Lit review | 2021
Withdrawal, Clinical guidance

Closed-loop wearable naloxone injector system

There remains a critical need for technologies to administer naloxone in the event of unwitnessed overdose events.
Original research | 2021
Overdose, Harm reduction, Illegal drugs, Digital health

Comparison of Equivalent Doses of Fentanyl Buccal Tablets and Arteriovenous Differences in Fentanyl Pharmacokinetics

Assess whether 4x100μg fentanyl buccal tablets had the same biological effect as 1 400μg tablet
Original research | 2006
Clinical guidance, About prescribers

Consumer protection in drug policy: The human rights case for safe supply as an element of harm reduction

Examines the human rights justification for incorporating safe supply as an important element of the HR pillar of drug policy.
Commentary | 2020
Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Advocacy, Illegal drugs, Peer/PWLLE program involvement

Decolonizing drug policy

This paper reviews evidence of how drug control has been used to uphold colonial power structures in select countries.
Scoping review | 2021
Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Decriminalization/legalization, Equity, Advocacy, Social services, Illegal drugs

Drug risk perception and risk management strategies among Israeli functioning drug users: a qualitative exploration

Examining how functioning people who are in the process of building their careers or family lives perceive and manage the risks and harms of drug use.
Original research | 2021
Harm reduction, About PWUD, Illegal drugs

Drug risk perception and risk management strategies among Israeli functioning drug users: a qualitative exploration

Examines how functioning people who are in the process of building their careers or family lives perceive and manage the risks and harms of drug use
Original research | 2021
Harm reduction, About PWUD, Illegal drugs, Social benefits

Emergency department presentations in the first weeks following release from prison among men with a history of injecting drug use in Victoria, Australia: A prospective cohort study

Rates of emergency department (ED) use are higher among people released from prison than in the general population.
Original research | 2022
Harm reduction, About PWUD, Social services, Outcomes, Housing, Legal system/law enforcement, Illegal drugs, Sex/Gender , Mental health, Hospitals

Exposure to fentanyl-contaminated heroin and overdose risk among illicit opioid users in Rhode Island: A mixed methods study

This study describes patterns and perceptions of fentanyl exposure among opioid users in Rhode Island.
Original research | 2017
Evidence base, Harm reduction, Safer supply, Illegal drugs

Hospital Buprenorphine Program for Opioid Use Disorder Is Associated With Increased Inpatient and Outpatient Addiction Treatment

This study reports the outcomes of the B-Team (Buprenorphine-Team), a hospitalist-led interprofessional program created to identify hospitalized patients with OUD, initiate buprenorphine in the inpati
Original research | 2021
Clinical guidance, Evidence base, Wrap-around services, About prescribers, Outcomes, Substitution/OAT, Transitions in care/treatment, Hospitals

Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility

Assess whether Insite facilitated drug use and/or delayed entry into drug treatment
Original research | 2010
Illegal drugs, Indigenous, Transitions in care/treatment, SCS/OPS

Pharmacokinetics of Fentanyl Buccal Tablet: A Pooled Analysis and Review

This analysis provides an overview of the pharmacokinetic profile of FBT based on pooled data from nine pharmacokinetic studies.
Original research | 2012
About prescribers, Chronic pain

Putting the Horse Before the Unicorn: A Safe Supply Strategy Should Begin With Partial Agonists—A Commentary on Bonn et al. (2020).

Response to Bonn et al

Commentary | 2020
Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Advocacy

Reports of accidental fentanyl overdose among police in the field: Toward correcting a harmful culture-bound syndrome

Commentary | 2022
Overdose, Advocacy, Legal system/law enforcement, Illegal drugs, Stigma, Mental health

Safe Supply: Hydromorphone Tablet Distribution Program at the Molson Overdose Prevention Site

Identify key barriers and facilitators to participant engagement with the hydromorphone tablet program.

Original research | 2020
Safer supply, Barriers and enablers, Injecting drugs

Socioeconomic correlates of incident and fatal opioid overdose among Swedish people with opioid use disorder

Socioeconomic factors are underexplored potential determinants of opioid OD.
Original research | 2021
Overdose, Policy/Regulatory, Equity, Social services, Outcomes, Poverty, Legal system/law enforcement

The triple wave epidemic: Supply and demand drivers of the US opioid overdose crisis

Look at drivers of the US opioid crisis
Commentary | 2019
Mortality, Policy/Regulatory, Illegal drugs, Drug checking, SCS/OPS

The Work of "Crisis" in the "Opioid Crisis"

Commentary | 2018
Overdose, Advocacy

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