Trends in non-medical prescription opioids and heroin co-use among adults, 2003-2014.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.05.005
Abstract: BACKGROUND Patterns in non-medical prescription opioid (NMPO) and heroin use have recently shifted, with evidence that NMPO-only users transition to NMPO and heroin co-use. Co-use is associated with increased risk of morbidity and overdose, highlighting… read more here.
Keywords: 2003 2014; use; heroin use; health ... See more keywords
You can't do this job when you are sober: Heroin use among female sex workers and the need for comprehensive drug treatment programming in Kenya.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.10.019
Abstract: AIMS Globally, women who use drugs often practice sex work and experience multiple health and social harms that complicate their drug treatment needs. In East Africa, understanding the emergence of heroin use among women is… read more here.
Keywords: use; heroin use; treatment; drug ... See more keywords
Change in alcohol and other drug use during five years of continuous opioid substitution treatment.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.11.008
Abstract: BACKGROUND English national prospective, observational cohort study of patients continuously enrolled for five years in opioid substitution treatment (OST) with oral methadone and sublingual buprenorphine. This is a secondary outcome analysis of change in use… read more here.
Keywords: high level; use; heroin use; drug use ... See more keywords
Racial/ethnic differences in prescription opioid misuse and heroin use among a national sample, 1999-2018.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108588
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To characterize racial/ethnic differences in past-year prescription opioid misuse and heroin use. METHODS Data on 1,117,086 individuals age 12 and older were from the 1999-2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. We compared… read more here.
Keywords: heroin use; prescription opioid; racial ethnic; opioid misuse ... See more keywords
Trajectories of heroin use predict relapse risk among heroin-dependent patients: A 5-year follow-up study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.04.020
Abstract: OBJECTIVES The relationship between past drug use trajectory and long-term relapse risk after rehabilitation among heroin-dependent patients remain understudied. The primary objectives were to identify longitudinal heroin use patterns of heroin-dependent patients, to determine the… read more here.
Keywords: relapse risk; heroin dependent; heroin use; relapse ... See more keywords
Specificity in genetic and environmental risk for prescription opioid misuse and heroin use.
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DOI: 10.1017/s003329172300034x
Abstract: BACKGROUND Many studies aggregate prescription opioid misuse (POM) and heroin use into a single phenotype, but emerging evidence suggests that their genetic and environmental influences may be partially distinct. METHODS In total, 7164 individual twins… read more here.
Keywords: prescription; misuse; heroin use; variance ... See more keywords
Nonmedical Opioid Use in Relation to Recency of Heroin Use in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in the United States
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DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2017.1368747
Abstract: ABSTRACT Nonmedical opioid use has been linked to lifetime heroin use; however, research is needed to examine associations between nonmedical opioid use and current or recent heroin use, as current users appear to be at… read more here.
Keywords: use; heroin use; heroin; opioid use ... See more keywords
Transition from nonmedical prescribed opioids to non-injection heroin use among young integrated Thai male users in Bangkok.
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DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2022.2126421
Abstract: Opioid use and misuse are understudied in Thailand despite evidence suggesting that a portion of young Thai male integrated drug users are initiating use of non-medical prescribed opioids with some transitioning to heroin. This study… read more here.
Keywords: heroin use; thai male; use; prescribed opioids ... See more keywords
Coinfection dynamics of heroin transmission and HIV infection in a single population
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DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2020.1726516
Abstract: We propose a model of a joint spread of heroin use and HIV infection. The unique disease-free equilibrium always exists and it is stable if the basic reproduction numbers of heroin use and HIV infection… read more here.
Keywords: hiv infection; heroin use; use hiv; infection ... See more keywords
Relationship between social capital and heroin use behaviors among patients in methadone maintenance treatment in Sichuan Province, China
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DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000019963
Abstract: Abstract Covertly using heroin during methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is very common among heroin-dependent patients, which has posed threats to the physical health of heroin-dependent patients and social safety. Covertly using heroin may be influenced… read more here.
Keywords: covertly using; heroin use; social capital; heroin ... See more keywords
Opioid substitution treatment and heroin dependent adolescents: reductions in heroin use and treatment retention over twelve months
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DOI: 10.1186/s12887-018-1137-4
Abstract: BackgroundOpioid dependence is a major health concern across the world and does also occur in adolescents. While opioid substitution treatment (OST) has been thoroughly evaluated in adult populations, very few studies have examined its use… read more here.
Keywords: use; heroin dependent; heroin use; treatment ... See more keywords